AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2068 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.3x more boost clock speed: 2479 MHz vs 1075 MHz
1802.8x more texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
285.7x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67420 vs 42988

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 2 June 2015
Core clock speed	2068 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420 vs 42988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048

Pipelines	2816 vs 2048

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67420

42988

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420	42988
PassMark - G3D Mark		13805
PassMark - G2D Mark		853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5754

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Navi 23	GM200
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	303	306
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz	1075 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2816
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	8,000 million
CUDA cores		2816
Floating-point performance		6,060 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	Apple MPX	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	600 Watt
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		4x
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin + 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround