In the gpu comparison between the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer and the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is 76 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is based on AMD Radeon RX 6600, which has 1792 shaders and 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
Base Clock
1.139 GHz
1.626 GHz
Boost Clock
1.240 GHz
2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
2.04 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer clocks in the base with up to 1.139 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is 1.626 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
TDP
165 W
132 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer is 165 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D has a TDP of 132 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 85 mm
2 x 95 mm
Fan 2
2 x 75 mm
--
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer has a total of 3 Axial fans.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4
DVI
1
--
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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 Triple Silencer.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
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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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer supports a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
Length
292 mm
269 mm
Height
111 mm
132 mm
Width
--
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
Weight
--
627 g
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer is 292 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D is 269 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.
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 ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D +103.9 %
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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) ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D +75.8 %
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