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Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream
Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100

The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.22 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB GDDR6 · 2.40 GHz · 300 W Speed index 43/100

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has 5376 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.40 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 51.61 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 936 % faster than the Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream.

Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Speed index
4/100
43/100
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
51.61 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
2.40 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
20 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
800 GB/s
TDP
165 W
300 W
Launch Price
499 $
899 $
111 pts
895 pts

GPU

GPUPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU ChipGM204-400-A1Navi 31
Streaming Multiprocessors1684
Shader20485376
Render Output Units64192
Texture Units128336
Raytracing Cores--84
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the RDNA 3 architecture and is equipped with 84 execution units.

Memory

MemoryPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory Size4 GB20 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.500 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps20.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s800 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit320 bit
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has a 20 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.500GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Base Clock1.127 GHz1.500 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz2.400 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.00 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 2.400 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
TDP165 W300 W
Tjunction max98 °C97 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream 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 98 °C.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 12 x 100 mm3 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)--37 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.22x DP 2.1
DVI1--
USB-C--1
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode / Encode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoDecode / Encode
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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

DimensionsPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Length280 mm276 mm
Height133 mm113 mm
Width50 mm51 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots3 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream is 50 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 50 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataPalit GeForce GTX 980 JetStreamAMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4 x 16
Release dateQ4/2014Q4/2022
Launch Price499 $899 $
Structure size28 nm5 nm
Part-noNE5X980015G2F--
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, Palit GeForce GTX 980 JetStream was released in Q4/2014.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 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 7900 XT +576.1 %

  1. 1,842
  2. 12,453

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 13,969

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 4,529

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. 50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 158 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. 44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 138 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 7900 XT +430.7 %

  1. 32,043
  2. 170,054

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT +408.7 %

  1. 38,621
  2. 196,447

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