Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce GTX 980

Prices and Stock
MSRP $999

Sapphire 11322-01-40G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3

ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition 24GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 2.1)

PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Graphics Card

ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming 24GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card DisplayPort HDMI 384-Bit

Sapphire 11322-02-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3, Output: 2 x HDMI, 2 x DisplayPort

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX OC Edition 24GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 2.1)

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XTX AMD 24 GB GDDR6

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC 24G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 24GB 384-bit GDDR6, GV-R79XTXGAMING OC-24GD Video Card

XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, RDNA3 RX-79XMAIRB9

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

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce GTX 980 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 2967 days newer than GeForce GTX 980.

Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Performs up to 8200% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than GeForce GTX 980 - 83 vs 1 FPS
Up to 83% better value when playing Cyberpunk 2077 than GeForce GTX 980 - $21.42 vs $124.50 per FPS
Up to 500% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 24 vs 4 GB

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980

Consumes up to 54% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX - 165 vs 355 Watts

This is a free version of Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk 2077

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

FPS

100%

Value, $/FPS

$21.42/FPS

100%

Price, $

$1778

FPS and Value Winner

Sapphire 11322-01-40G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X Gaming Graphics Card with 24GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 3

Buy for $1,778 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 131 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

FPS

Value, $/FPS

$124.5/FPS

17%

Price, $

$124.5

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)

Buy for $124.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 128 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

RT Overdrive

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

1920 x 1080

Very High

341

FPS

384

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

155

FPS

239

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

110

FPS

195

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

318

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

207

FPS

Fortnite

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Desktop • Nov 3rd, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

479.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

959.2 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980

Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

77.82 GPixel/s

16%

Texel Fillrate

155.6 GTexel/s

16%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX	vs	GeForce GTX 980
Nov 3rd, 2022	Release Date	Sep 19th, 2014
Navi III	Generation	GeForce 900
$999	MSRP	$549
1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	Outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
2x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
24 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR5
384-bit	Bus	256-bit
960 GB/s	Bandwidth	224.4 GB/s
1929 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1127 MHz
2498 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1216 MHz
2500 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1753 MHz