Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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.

GPU

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.
Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer GPU ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6600
GM204-400-A1 GPU Chip Navi 23 XL
Maxwell 2.0 Architecture RDNA 2
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 28
2048 Shader 1792
64 Render Output Units 64
128 Texture Units 112
0 Raytracing Cores 28

Memory

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.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.753 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
7.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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.

1.139 GHz Base Clock 1.626 GHz
1.240 GHz Boost Clock 2.491 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.04 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

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.

165 W TDP 132 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 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.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 85 mm Fan 1 2 x 95 mm
2 x 75 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 Triple Silencer.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D 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 v1.4
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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.

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 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.

292 mm Length 269 mm
111 mm Height 132 mm
-- Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 627 g
PCIe 3 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8

Additional data

The Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Triple Silencer was released in Q2/2015 at a price of 479 $.

The ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

ZT-90206-10P Part-no RX6600 CLD 8G
Q2/2015 Release date Q4/2021
479 $ Launch Price 329 $ (Reference)
28 nm Structure size 7 nm
data sheet 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)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

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)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
50 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)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
28 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
64 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)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
98 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D ASRock Radeon RX 6600 Challenger D
8 GB GDDR6
127 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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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