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AMD Radeon RX 6400 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 6400
33.6Inno Score
VS
WINNER
34.3Inno Score
22.4Rasterization25.7
20Ray Tracing20
25.4Memoryspec-based39.8
95.6Efficiencyspec-based63.3
24.1Compute38.8
5 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 64006 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: AMD Radeon RX 6400 scores 33.6 against 34.3 for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti. Pick by the categories that matter to you — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti edges ahead in compute and rasterization, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon RX 6400

  • 116% higher Boost clock: 2,321 MHz vs 1,075 MHz
  • 104% higher Base clock: 2,039 MHz vs 1,000 MHz
  • 79% lower process: 6 nm vs 28 nm
  • 79% lower TDP: 53 W vs 250 W
  • Lower launch price: $159 vs $649

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

  • Stronger rasterization score: 26 vs 22
  • Stronger compute score: 39 vs 24
  • 500% higher Bus width: 384 bit vs 64 bit
  • 267% higher Shading units: 2,816 vs 768
  • 163% higher bandwidth: 336.5 GB/s vs 128 GB/s

General

General comparison: AMD Radeon RX 6400 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
SpecAMD Radeon RX 6400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Announced20222015
ArchitectureRDNA 2Maxwell
Process6 nm+79%28 nm
TDP53 W+79%250 W
Power connectorNone (PCIe-powered)6-pin + 8-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 6400 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
SpecAMD Radeon RX 6400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Shading units7682,816+267%
RT cores12—
Base clock2,039 MHz+104%1,000 MHz
Boost clock2,321 MHz+116%1,075 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Radeon RX 6400 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
SpecAMD Radeon RX 6400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VRAM4 GB6 GB+50%
VRAM typeGDDR6GDDR5
Bus width64 bit384 bit+500%
Bandwidth128 GB/s336.5 GB/s+163%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 6400 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
SpecAMD Radeon RX 6400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
3DMark Time Spy3,578Bottom 10%5,789+62%Bottom 23%
3DMark Speed Way100Bottom 2%—
PassMark G3D7,758Bottom 10%13,614+75%Bottom 31%

Features

Features comparison: AMD Radeon RX 6400 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
SpecAMD Radeon RX 6400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
UpscalingFSR 3—

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