GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Radeon RX Vega 56

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon RX Vega 56, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 980 Ti stacks up against Radeon RX Vega 56, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 Ti Radeon RX Vega 56
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 210 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin + 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt
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  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti has 19% more power consumption, than Radeon RX Vega 56.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX Vega 56 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 56 - with Vega.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX Vega 56 is 138 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 56 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Radeon RX Vega 56 is 257 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX Vega 56 is 793 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 65−70 65−70
ultra / 1080p 45−50 45−50
QHD / 1440p 35−40 35−40
4K / 2160p 21−24 21−24
low / 720p 90−95 90−95
medium / 1080p 75−80 75−80
GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon RX Vega 56 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 Ti Radeon RX Vega 56
Architecture Maxwell Vega
Code name GM200 Vega
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 2 June 2015 14 August 2017
Pipelines 2816 3584
Core clock speed 1000 MHz 1138 MHz
Boost Clock 1075 MHz 1474 MHz
Transistor count 8,000 million 12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 176 billion/sec 329.5
Floating-point performance 6,060 gflops 10,566 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 409.6 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 336.5 GB/s 409.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.125
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.7 kh/s
CUDA cores 2816
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 784 Mh/s
Decred / DCR (Decred) 2.4 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 21.57 Mh/s 28.5 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 461 Sol/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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