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GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce GTX 980 Ti outperforms Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 980 Ti is 2423 days older than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980 Ti

  • Performs up to 7% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 46 vs 43 FPS
  • Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 6 vs 4 GB

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

  • Consumes up to 57% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti - 107 vs 250 Watts
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This is a free version of A Plague Tale: Requiem.
A Plague Tale: Requiem

A Plague Tale: Requiem

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Logo
GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015


FPS

46

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


FPS

43

93%

Value, €/FPS

€3.95/FPS

100%

Price, €

€169.99

100%

Value Winner

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon™ RX 6500 XT ITX Pure Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 HDMI/DP

Buy for 169.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 58 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Logo
GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Logo
GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Desktop • Jun 2nd, 2015


Pixel Fillrate

103.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

189.4 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

87%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

95%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Logo

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

vs
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jun 2nd, 2015Release Date
Jan 19th, 2022
GeForce 900GenerationNavi II
$649MSRP
$199
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6 GB
Memory4 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
384-bitBus64-bit
336.6 GB/s
Bandwidth143.9 GB/s
1000 MHzBase Clock Speed
2310 MHz
1076 MHzBoost Clock Speed
2815 MHz
1753 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2248 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 980 Ti or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

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