Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 5500M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
70
40
30
15
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
46
37
22
13
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
70
51
35
15
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
53
43
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
30
26
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
46
40
28
17
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
29
22
17
9
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
31
26
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
56
45
30
17
Avg FPS
1080p High7248
1080p Ultra5537
1440p Ultra3925
4K Ultra2113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
3816
Time Spy58564300
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike1950612849
Night Raid7000142092
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
46415
Background Blur134.8 frames/s89.3 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s50.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec1.91 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec2.74 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.49 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec159.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps5898.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
5791
G2D Mark853412
DirectX 11106 fps35 fps
DirectX 1255 fps28 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s2303 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
50.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps289.3 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps262.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps221.9 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps936.7 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps1171.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps153.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.81215.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 October, 7, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Codename GM200 Navi 14
Price 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1375 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1645 MHz
Shader Units 2816 1408
TMUs 176 88
ROPs 96 32
Execution Units 22 22
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 53 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 145 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 250 W 85 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 158 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 6.4 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 40.51 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 n/a
DisplayPort 1.2 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

Results

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