AMD Radeon R7 M465X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M465X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 M465X

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M465X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
642.9x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 19 September 2014
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 925 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 512
5.3x better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11110 vs 1780
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 512
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11110 vs 1780
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 378

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M465X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1780

11110

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

378

791

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M465X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G3D Mark	1780	11110
PassMark - G2D Mark	378	791
Geekbench - OpenCL		34835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4314

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M465X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Tropo	GM204
Launch date	15 May 2016	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	364	361
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops	4,981 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	2048
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		165 Watt
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
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround