AMD Radeon Pro 575 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 575 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 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, 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 575

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 140.8 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 4,506 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 6800 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34757 vs 21639
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.88 vs 6.776
  • 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 98.349 vs 18.431
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 539.686 vs 308.42
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 7 October 2014
Core clock speed 1096 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 140.8 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance 4,506 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 34757 vs 21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.88 vs 6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.349 vs 18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 539.686 vs 308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 92.634 vs 86.154
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1146.534 vs 1090.128
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 9613
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 2814
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 9613
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 2814
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 92.634 vs 86.154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1146.534 vs 1090.128
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10572 vs 9613
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3695 vs 2814
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10572 vs 9613
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695 vs 2814

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 575
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
34757
21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
86.154
92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1090.128
1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.88
6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
98.349
18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
539.686
308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9613
10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2814
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9613
10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2814
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3342
Name AMD Radeon Pro 575 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Geekbench - OpenCL 34757 21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 86.154 92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1090.128 1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 7.88 6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.349 18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 539.686 308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9613 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2814 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9613 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2814 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3342
PassMark - G3D Mark 7352
PassMark - G2D Mark 499
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2942

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 575 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Polaris 20 GM204
Launch date 5 June 2017 7 October 2014
Place in performance rating 486 450
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1096 MHz 1038 MHz
Floating-point performance 4,506 gflops 1,659 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 1536
Texture fill rate 140.8 GTexel / s 51.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,200 million
Boost clock speed 1127 MHz
CUDA cores 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 217.6 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6800 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI