XFX Radeon RX 5700
vs
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the XFX Radeon RX 5700 and the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and has 2304 texture shaders and 36 execution units.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, which has 2048 shaders and 16 execution units.
XFX Radeon RX 5700 GPU GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
AMD Radeon RX 5700 Based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Navi 10 GPU Chip GM204-400-A1
RDNA 1 Architecture Maxwell 2.0
36 Streaming Multiprocessors 16
2304 Shader 2048
64 Render Output Units 64
144 Texture Units 128
0 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 4 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR5
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.753 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 7.0 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 clocks in the base with up to 1.465 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 is 1.126 GHz.

1.465 GHz Base Clock 1.126 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.216 GHz
1.63 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the XFX Radeon RX 5700 is 180 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 has a TDP of 165 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.

180 W TDP 165 W
220 W TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 98 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 has 1 Radial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Radial
1 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 65 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
46-47 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the XFX Radeon RX 5700.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 is 4096x2160 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high and 38 mm wide.

267 mm Length 267 mm
111 mm Height 111 mm
40 mm Width 38 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 was released in Q3/2019 at a price of 329 $.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 was introduced in Q3/2014 at a price of 499 $.

RX-57XL8MFG6 Part-no GV-N980D5-4GD-B
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2014
329 $ Launch Price 499 $
7 nm Structure size 28 nm
data sheet 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

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
3786
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5
1842

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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
48 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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
62 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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
135 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

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
67528
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5
32043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
62369
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5
38621

Geekbench 6 - Metal

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
80712

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)

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XFX Radeon RX 5700
8 GB GDDR6
7.95
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
4 GB GDDR5
4.98

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