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GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT

GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 6600 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6600 XT

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 2602MHz, PCI Express 4, 128-bit, 3x DP v 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K)

Buy for £537.28 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 163 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6600 XT

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 2602MHz, PCI Express 4, 128-bit, 3x DP v 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K)

Buy for £537.28 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 163 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6600 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6600 XT is 2506 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6600 XT

  • Performs up to 25% better in Battlefield IV than GeForce GTX 980 - 248 vs 198 FPS
  • Consumes up to 3% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 160 vs 165 Watts
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 8 vs 4 GB
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This is a free version of Battlefield IV.
Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


FPS

198

80%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021


FPS

248

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.17/FPS

100%

Price, £

£537.28

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT MECH 2X 8G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 2602MHz, PCI Express 4, 128-bit, 3x DP v 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K)

Buy for £537.28 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 163 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo
GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014


Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

47%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

47%

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6600 XT

Desktop • Jul 30th, 2021


Pixel Fillrate

165.7 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

331.4 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Logo

GeForce GTX 980

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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Sep 19th, 2014Release Date
Jul 30th, 2021
GeForce 900GenerationNavi II
$549MSRP
$379
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus128-bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
1127 MHzBase Clock Speed
1968 MHz
1216 MHzBoost Clock Speed
2589 MHz
1753 MHzMemory Clock Speed
2000 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 980 or Radeon RX 6600 XT

With selected game settings

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