Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC
vs
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC and the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 is based on AMD Radeon RX 6700, which has 2304 shaders and 36 execution units.
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC GPU SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6700
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 22
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2048 Shader 2304
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 144
0 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 can access 10 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 160 bit

Clock Speeds

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC clocks in the base with up to 1.139 GHz. The base frequency of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 is 1.941 GHz.

1.139 GHz Base Clock 1.941 GHz
1.240 GHz Boost Clock 2.495 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.33 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 has a TDP of 220 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

165 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) --
98 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
2 x 6-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC.

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 is 7680x4320 pixels.

4096x2160 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
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
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

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

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 is 242 mm long, 120 mm high and 41 mm wide.

267 mm Length 242 mm
111 mm Height 120 mm
38 mm Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC was released in Q3/2014 at a price of 529 $.

The SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 was introduced in Q2/2022 at a price of 429 $ (Reference).

ZT-90205-10P Part-no 11321-03
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2022
529 $ Launch Price 429 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 7 nm
-- 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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
5111

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
1920

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)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
61 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)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
77 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)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
129 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
172 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

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC
4 GB GDDR5
32686
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
91384

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC Zotac GeForce GTX 980 OC
4 GB GDDR5
39397
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
94599

Geekbench 6 - Metal

SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700 SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6700
10 GB GDDR6
137974

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)

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