Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
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
112
59
47
28
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
94
75
49
29
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
158
108
73
35
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
90
73
55
26
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
53
43
31
17
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
76
67
45
29
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
61
44
34
15
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
55
51
28
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
103
88
57
29
Avg FPS
1080p High7289
1080p Ultra5568
1440p Ultra3947
4K Ultra2125
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Time Spy58567633
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike1950622310
Night Raid7000186630
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Background Blur134.8 frames/s123.2 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s71.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec2.85 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec3.48 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec0.62 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec253.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps7670.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
G2D Mark853870
DirectX 11106 fps96 fps
DirectX 1255 fps52 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s6338 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fps533 fps
Car Chase375.2 fps465.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fps387.4 fps
T-Rex1867.7 fps1882.8 fps
ALU 21803.6 fps2438.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2264 fps198.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2238.82278.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 January, 21, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Codename GM200 Navi 10
Price 649 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1130 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1560 MHz
Shader Units 2816 2304
TMUs 176 144
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 22 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 100 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 225 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 150 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 251 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 39.84 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s

API

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

Results

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