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KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC
KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC 6 GB GDDR5 · 1.11 GHz · 250 W Speed index 5/100

The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 2816 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.11 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 6.27 TFLOPS.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G 12 GB GDDR6 · 2.58 GHz · 230 W Speed index 11/100

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.58 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 13.21 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 111 % faster than the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC.

KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Speed index
5/100
11/100
FP32
6.27 TFLOPS
13.21 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.11 GHz
2.58 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR5
12 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
337 GB/s
384 GB/s
TDP
250 W
230 W
Launch Price
649 $
479 $

GPU

GPUKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 TiAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
GPU ChipGM200-310-A1Navi 22 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors2240
Shader28162560
Render Output Units9664
Texture Units176160
Raytracing Cores--40
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 22 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 40 execution units.

Memory

MemoryKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Memory Size6 GB12 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth337 GB/s384 GB/s
Memory Interface384 bit192 bit
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Base Clock1.025 GHz2.321 GHz
Boost Clock1.114 GHz2.581 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.42 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has a turbo clock of 1.114 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 2.581 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
TDP250 W230 W
Tjunction max91 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is equipped with a 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 13 x 80 mm2 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.23x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
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

DimensionsKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
Length281 mm267 mm
Height124 mm110 mm
Width41 mm40 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataKFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OCGIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2021
Launch Price649 $479 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-no98IRH5DH9WGTGV-R67XT-12GD-B
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Ti OC was released in Q3/2015.

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G published in Q1/2021 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G +143.8 %

  1. 2,443
  2. 5,955

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 6,008

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 2,188

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)

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  2. 40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 49 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 74 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)

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  2. 76 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 144 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 194 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G +146.8 %

  1. 39,280
  2. 96,956

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6700 XT 12G +112.9 %

  1. 51,023
  2. 108,643

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 151,246

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