GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 6800 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 $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 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 6800 XT is 2231 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

Up to 70% better value when playing Stray than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $1.86 vs $6.29 per FPS
Consumes up to 45% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 165 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 125% better in Stray than GeForce GTX 980 - 151 vs 67 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 16 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Stray.

Stray

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

44%

Value, $/FPS

$1.86/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 36 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

151

100%

Value, $/FPS

$6.29/FPS

30%

Price, $

$949.99

13%

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

Buy for $949.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 39 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Very High

341

FPS

366

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

204

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

166

FPS

245

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

593

FPS

859

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

High

103

FPS

178

FPS

Rust

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

27%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

24%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Sep 19th, 2014	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce 900	Generation	Navi II
$549	MSRP	$649
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
2x 6-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	256-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1127 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1216 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz