Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a slightly faster gaming GPU than the GeForce GTX 980, however, it's a worse value for money, as it's $64.50 more expensive!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6500 XT

A slightly faster GPU for gaming
Consumes up to 35% less energy – 107 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980

Up to 34% cheaper – $124.50 vs $189.00
A better value for money for gaming

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$189

65%

Value, $/FPS

$2.55/FPS

69%

ME2 MichaelElectronics2 ASRock Phantom Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Graphic Card, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, 4GB GDDR6, AMD FidelityFX Technology, RDNA 2 Architecture, RX6500XT PGD 4GO

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

Yeston Radeon Gaming RX 6500 XT 4GB D6 GDDR6 6nm Video Cards Desktop Computer PC Video Graphics Cards Support PCI-Express 4.0 1*DP+1*HDMI Gaming GPU (Double Fans)

Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphics Card GDDR6 1080 FHD 4GB PCIE HDMI Video Card

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

Average FPS

95%

Min 1% FPS

92%

Price, $

$124.5

100%

Value, $/FPS

$1.77/FPS

100%

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

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4953

100%

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4362

88%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 980 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Memory

4 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

143.9 GB/s

64%

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

5.765 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce GTX 980

Sep 19th, 2014

Memory

4 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224.4 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

86%

Texture Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

86%

FP32

4.981 TFLOPS

86%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce GTX 980
General
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Sep 19th, 2014
$199.00	MSRP	$549.00
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 900
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
107 W	Power Consumption	165 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
64-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
90.08 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	77.82 GPixel/s
180.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	155.6 GTexel/s
5.765 TFLOPS	FP32	4.981 TFLOPS