ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
vs
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Maxwell 2.0) and has 6 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 337 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (RDNA 3) and has 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

GPU

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti has the GM200-310-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 31, which comes from the RDNA 3 architecture.
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GM200-310-A1 GPU Chip Navi 31
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 3
22 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
2816 Shader 5376
96 Render Output Units 192
176 Texture Units 336
0 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The graphics memory of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti clocks at 1.753 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is 20.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.500 GHz.

6 GB Memory Size 20 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
337 GB/s Memory bandwidth 800 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.000 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.076 GHz Boost Clock 2.400 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.00 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

250 W TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) --
91 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 65 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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 2x DP v2.1
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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 7900 XT 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 can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
No h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
No VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 276 mm
111 mm Height 113 mm
38 mm Width 51 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16

Additional data

The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q2/2015.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

ZT-90501-10P Part-no --
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2022
699 $ Launch Price 899 $
28 nm Structure size 5 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

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6 GB GDDR5
2401
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
12453

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
13969

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
4529

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.

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
90 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)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
138 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 Ti ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6 GB GDDR5
37964
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
170054

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6 GB GDDR5
49314
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
196447

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)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6 GB GDDR5
6.06
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
51.61

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