The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 165 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has the Navi 22 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 2 architecture.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI is based on the graphics chip GM204-400-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
Memory Size
12 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
2.000 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
16.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
192 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G clocks at 2.000 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 16.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
Base Clock
2.321 GHz
1.127 GHz
Boost Clock
2.581 GHz
1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
2.42 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
TDP
230 W
165 W
Tjunction max
100 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 230 W.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 165 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
Non addressable LED
No LED lighting
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With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI
Length
267 mm
280 mm
Height
110 mm
112 mm
Width
40 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 980 mini HDMI needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 Lanes interface.
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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.
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