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Zotac GeForce GTX 980 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 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 6800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR6 · 2.25 GHz · 300 W Speed index 17/100

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has 4608 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.25 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 20.74 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 316 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 980.

Zotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Speed index
4/100
17/100
FP32
4.98 TFLOPS
20.74 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.22 GHz
2.25 GHz
Memory Size
4 GB GDDR5
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
512 GB/s
TDP
165 W
300 W
Launch Price
499 $
799 $
105 pts
503 pts

GPU

GPUZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU ChipGM204-400-A1Navi 21 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1672
Shader20484608
Render Output Units64128
Texture Units128288
Raytracing Cores--72
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture and is equipped with 72 execution units.

Memory

MemoryZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory Size4 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6
Memory Clock1.753 GHz2.000 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps16.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s512 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT has a 16 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 2.000GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Base Clock1.126 GHz1.825 GHz
Boost Clock1.216 GHz2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--2.02 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 has a turbo clock of 1.216 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 2.250 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
TDP165 W300 W
TDP (up)--345 W
Tjunction max98 °C100 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 6-Pin2 x 8-Pin
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 has 2 x 6-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 6800 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 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Fan-TypeRadialAxial
Fan 11 x 65 mm3 x 80 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 Zotac GeForce GTX 980 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.22.3
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort3x DP 1.22x DP 1.4a
DVI1--
USB-C--1
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_2 (Ultimate)
RaytracingNoYes
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNon addressable LED
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
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

DimensionsZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Length267 mm270 mm
Height111 mm120 mm
Width38 mm--
Width (Slots)2 Slots3 Slots
Weight--1,503 g
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 is 38 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is 38 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataZotac GeForce GTX 980AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 4.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2020
Launch Price499 $799 $
Structure size28 nm7 nm
Part-noZT-90201-10P--
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, Zotac GeForce GTX 980 was released in Q3/2014.

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT published in Q4/2020 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 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +400.2 %

  1. 1,842
  2. 9,213

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 9,462

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. no data
  2. 3,527

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. 59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 102 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. 32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

  1. no data
  2. 64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

  1. no data
  2. 112 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 6800 XT +385.0 %

  1. 32,043
  2. 155,408

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT +302.4 %

  1. 38,621
  2. 155,418

Geekbench 6 - Metal

  1. no data
  2. 195,225

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