GPU comparison with benchmarks

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra vs GALAX GeForce GTX 980

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra
XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra 8 GB GDDR6 · 1.98 GHz · 225 W Speed index 8/100

The XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.98 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 10.13 TFLOPS.

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

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 has 2048 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.22 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.98 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra is 103 % faster than the GALAX GeForce GTX 980.

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Speed index
8/100
4/100
FP32
10.13 TFLOPS
4.98 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.98 GHz
1.22 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
225 W
165 W
Launch Price
429 $
499 $
264 pts
105 pts

GPU

GPUXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Based onAMD Radeon RX 5700 XTNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU ChipNavi 10 XTGM204-400-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors4016
Shader25602048
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units160128
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The XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra is equipped with a graphics chip of the RDNA 1 architecture, which has 40 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 16 execution units.

Memory

MemoryXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX 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 XT Raw II Ultra is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Base Clock1.730 GHz1.126 GHz
Boost Clock1.980 GHz1.216 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock1.87 GHz--
OverclockingYesYes
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The XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra has a turbo clock of 1.980 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is 1.216 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
TDP225 W165 W
TDP (up)335 W--
Tjunction max99 °C98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra 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 99 °C.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 100 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
Noise (Load)44 dB--
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX 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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The XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX 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 XT Raw II Ultra supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1NoNo
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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

DimensionsXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
Length278 mm281 mm
Height140 mm124 mm
Width58 mm41 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra is 58 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce GTX 980 is 58 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataXFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II UltraGALAX GeForce GTX 980
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2019Q4/2014
Launch Price429 $499 $
Structure size7 nm28 nm
Part-no--98NQH6DHC8XX
Documentsdata sheet--
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Manufactured using the 7 nanometer process, XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra was released in Q3/2019.

The GALAX GeForce GTX 980 published in Q4/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

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. 26 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 35 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 58 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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. 17 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 37 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 73 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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)

  1. 58 fps (avg)
  2. no data

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. 110 fps (avg)
  2. no data

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. 155 fps (avg)
  2. no data

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 XT Raw II Ultra +148.1 %

  1. 79,505
  2. 32,043

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT Raw II Ultra +92.0 %

  1. 74,137
  2. 38,621

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. 93,909
  2. no data

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