GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
2816 Shader 4608
96 Render Output Units 128
176 Texture Units 288
0 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The graphics memory of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.025 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
1.114 GHz Boost Clock 2.310 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

250 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
91 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 80 mm Fan 1 2 x 115 mm
-- Fan 2 1 x 100 mm
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 35 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.2 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

281 mm Length 324 mm
124 mm Height 140 mm
41 mm Width 60 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC Black Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q3/2015.

The GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6800 XT Master 16G came on the market in Q1/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

98IRH5DHH2CG Part-no GV-R68XTAORUS M-16GD
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2021
649 $ (Reference) Launch Price 779 $
28 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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