GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile vs Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 2x 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile has 46% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary.
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary has 6 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary - with RDNA 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 554 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary is 10500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 75−80 75−80
ultra / 1080p 55−60 55−60
QHD / 1440p 45−50 45−50
4K / 2160p 30−33 30−33
low / 720p 95−100 95−100
medium / 1080p 85−90 85−90
GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile and Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 SLI mobile Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary
Architecture Maxwell RDNA 1.0
Code name N16E-GXX SLI Navi 10
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 22 September 2015 7 July 2019
Pipelines 4096 2560
Core clock speed 1126 MHz 1680 MHz
Boost Clock 1228 MHz 1980 MHz
Transistor count 10400 Million 10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 316.8
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3500 MHz 14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 448.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX DirectX 12_1 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.5
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large
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