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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms the cheaper 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 the cheaper GeForce GTX 980.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- Performs up to 165% better in God of War than GeForce GTX 980 - 130 vs 49 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - 16 vs 4 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- Up to 68% cheaper than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $144.0 vs $449.4
- Up to 15% better value when playing God of War than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $2.94 vs $3.46 per FPS
- Consumes up to 45% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 165 vs 300 Watts
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
130
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.46/FPS
84%
Price, $
$449.4
32%
FPS Winner
PowerColor Red Dragon 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
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GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
49
37%
Value, $/FPS
$2.94/FPS
100%
Price, $
$144
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)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
648 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 980
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
77.82 GPixel/s
27%
Texel Fillrate
155.6 GTexel/s
24%
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
|---|---|---|
Oct 28th, 2020 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Navi II | Generation | GeForce 900 |
| $649 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
512 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1825 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1127 MHz |
2250 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1216 MHz |
2000 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce GTX 980
God of War, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
119 FPS
$10.08/FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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115 FPS
$13.04/FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Ryzen 7 5800
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$12.17/FPS
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Ryzen 5 5600X
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$14.85/FPS
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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