FPSVersusGeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
Performance score
GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon RX 6500 XT are almost equally fast (under 3% apart) — choose by price, socket and platform.
The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.
Real tests
What the test measures
Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.
Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.
Overview
| GeForce GTX 980 Ti | Radeon RX 6500 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Score (0–100) | 13.5 | 13.55 |
| Ranking position | 132 | 131 |
| Power efficiency (0–100) | 25.89 | 60.71 |
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Architecture | Maxwell | RDNA 2 |
| Release date | no data | 2022-01-19 |
Specifications
| GeForce GTX 980 Ti | Radeon RX 6500 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Shader cores | 2816 | 1024 |
| Base clock | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Game clock | no data | 2610 MHz |
| Boost clock | 1075 MHz | 2815 MHz |
| FP32 TFLOPS (calculated) | 6.05 | 5.77 |
| Hardware ray tracing | no | yes |
Video memory
| GeForce GTX 980 Ti | Radeon RX 6500 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 384 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 144 GB/s |
Power and connection
| GeForce GTX 980 Ti | Radeon RX 6500 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Board power | 250 W | 107 W |
Pros and cons
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
- more VRAM: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Radeon RX 6500 XT
- lower power draw: 107 W vs 250 W
- has hardware ray tracing
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