Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms the cheaper GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6950 XT is 2790 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GTX 980.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
- Performs up to 50% better in Valorant than GeForce GTX 980 - 885 vs 590 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 16 vs 4 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Up to 86% cheaper than Radeon RX 6950 XT - $124.5 vs $859.3
- Consumes up to 51% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT - 165 vs 335 Watts
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • May 10th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
295.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
739.2 GTexel/s
100%
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
26.3172133919513%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
21.049783549783548%
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
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May 10th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
Navi II | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$1099 | MSRP | $549 |
1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
576 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1860 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
2310 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
2250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |