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GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.11 GHz · 250 W Speed index 5/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 6800 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.11 GHz · 250 W Speed index 13/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.11 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 16.17 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 158 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Speed index
5/100
13/100
FP32
6.27 TFLOPS
16.17 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.11 GHz
2.11 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
250 W
250 W
Launch Price
649 $
579 $

GPU

GPUGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU ChipGM200-310-A1Navi 21
Streaming Multiprocessors2260
Shader28163840
Render Output Units9696
Texture Units176240
Raytracing Cores--60
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6800 is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 60 execution units.

Memory

MemoryGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Memory Size6 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth337 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit256 bit
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Base Clock1.026 GHz1.700 GHz
Boost Clock1.114 GHz2.105 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.82 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 2.105 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
TDP250 W250 W
TDP (up)--285 W
Tjunction max91 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 91 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm3 x 85 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.22x DP 1.4a
DVI2--
USB-C--1
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
Length279 mm267 mm
Height116 mm120 mm
Width36 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X is 36 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 is 36 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3XAMD Radeon RX 6800
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ1/2016Q4/2020
Launch Price649 $579 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noGV-N98TWF3-6GD--
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 Ti Windforce 3X was released in Q1/2016.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 published in Q4/2020 is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers.

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 +214.0 %

  1. 2,443
  2. 7,671

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 7,867

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,931

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)

  1. no data
  2. 51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 59 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 87 fps (avg)

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)

  1. no data
  2. 30 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 60 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 104 fps (avg)

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)

  1. no data
  2. 91 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 178 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 195 fps (avg)

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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 +221.7 %

  1. 39,280
  2. 126,364

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6800 +151.8 %

  1. 51,023
  2. 128,479

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 165,447

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