AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 9070 $549
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti $649
3584 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2520MHz
2816 Shaders
6GB GDDR5
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
220W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
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Navi 48
Variant
Navi 48 XL
Codename
NV120
GM200
Variant
GM200-310
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
6/1/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
357 mm²
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Die Size
601 mm²
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Transistor Count
53.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
8 Billion
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Transistor Density
151.19M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.31M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
2816 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
448 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
176 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
56 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
22 SMs
Compute Units
56 CUs
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2210MHz Base
2520MHz
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1000MHz Base
1075MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
24.22 TOPS
INT8
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FP8
144.51 TFLOPS
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
6.05 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
190 GFLOPS
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BF16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
578.03 TOPS Tensor
1.16 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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289.01 TOPS Tensor
578.03 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
24.22 TOPS
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INT32
18.06 TOPS
INT32
6.05 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
322.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
103.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1128.96 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
189.2 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
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L1
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256KB/Array
L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
6MB Shared
L2
3MB Shared
L3
64MB Shared
2.25TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2438MHz
Transfer Rate
19.5GT/s
Bandwidth
624GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
220W
TDP
250W
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
15360x8640
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
VCN 4.0
Model
2x NVENC 3
Codec
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 4.0
Model
NVDEC 1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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