GPU comparison with benchmarks

XFX Radeon RX 5700 vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980

XFX Radeon RX 5700
XFX Radeon RX 5700 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.73 GHz · 180 W Speed index 7/100
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.22 GHz · 165 W Speed index 4/100
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.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the XFX Radeon RX 5700 is 60 % faster than the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980.

XFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Speed index
7/100
4/100
FP32
7.95 TFLOPS
4.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.73 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
180 W
165 W
Launch Price
329 $
499 $

GPU

GPUXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Based onAMD Radeon RX 5700NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipNavi 10GM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors3616
Shader23042048
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units144128
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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.

Memory

MemoryXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock1.750 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed14.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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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.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock1.465 GHz1.126 GHz
Boost Clock1.725 GHz1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.63 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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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.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
TDP180 W165 W
TDP (up)220 W--
Tjunction max98 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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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.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Fan-TypeRadialRadial
Fan 11 x 80 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)46-47 dB--
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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.

Connectivity

ConnectivityXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.0b1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 1.43x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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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.

Featureset

FeaturesetXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The XFX Radeon RX 5700 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1NoNo
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Dimensions

DimensionsXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
Length267 mm267 mm
Height111 mm111 mm
Width40 mm38 mm
Width (Slots)2 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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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.

Additional data

Additional dataXFX Radeon RX 5700GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2019Q3/2014
Launch Price329 $499 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-noRX-57XL8MFG6GV-N980D5-4GD-B
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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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 $.

Benchmark results

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 +110.7 %

  1. 67,528
  2. 32,043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan XFX Radeon RX 5700 +61.5 %

  1. 62,369
  2. 38,621

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 80,712
  2. no data

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