GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $549

Epic IT Service Geforce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5, 256 bit, Virtual Reality (VR) Ready, 3 x DisplayPort 1.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DL-DVI, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (Bulk OEM)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 SLI DVI/HDMI/DP Gaming Graphics Card Advanced GPU

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB K|NGP|N ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent w/Multi-Color LED Cooler, Customized Overclocking Graphics Card 04G-P4-5988-KR

Prices and Stock
MSRP $479

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT 192-bit 12GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 4.0 Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready RGB Graphics Card (RX 6700 XT Gaming X 12G)

PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, HDMI 2.1

Sapphire VCX 11306-01-20T Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC 12GB GDDR6

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 12GB GDDR6, 2620MHz, PCI Express 4, 192-bit, 3X DP v 1.4, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K & 8K)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6700 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 980 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6700 XT is 2357 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

Up to 68% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Radeon RX 6700 XT - $2.96 vs $9.39 per FPS
Consumes up to 28% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT - 165 vs 230 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6700 XT

Performs up to 83% better in Sons Of The Forest than GeForce GTX 980 - 77 vs 42 FPS
Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 12 vs 4 GB

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Sons Of The Forest

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

55%

Value, $/FPS

$2.96/FPS

100%

Price, $

$124.5

100%

Value Winner

Epic IT Service Geforce GTX 980, 4GB GDDR5, 256 bit, Virtual Reality (VR) Ready, 3 x DisplayPort 1.2, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x DL-DVI, Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (Bulk OEM)

Buy for $124.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 312 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

FPS

100%

Value, $/FPS

$9.39/FPS

32%

Price, $

$722.94

17%

FPS Winner

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Buy for $722.94 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 311 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

1920 x 1080

Ultra

110

FPS

148

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

341

FPS

355

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

155

FPS

198

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

556

FPS

703

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

High

593

FPS

761

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

47%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

38%

Radeon RX 6700 XT

Desktop • Mar 3rd, 2021

Pixel Fillrate

165.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

413 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980	vs	Radeon RX 6700 XT
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	Mar 3rd, 2021
GeForce 900	Generation	Navi II
$549	MSRP	$479
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	12 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	192-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	384 GB/s
1127 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2321 MHz
1216 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2581 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz