The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 24 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
Memory
Memory
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory Size
4 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
144 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Base Clock
1.165 GHz
2.200 GHz
Boost Clock
1.266 GHz
2.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
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2.61 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
TDP
165 W
107 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
97 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! is powered by 2 x 6-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 107 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 75 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. Displays
4
2
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
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DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
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DVI
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 2 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP!
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Length
278 mm
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Height
111 mm
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Width (Slots)
3 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 AMP! is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 4 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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