AMD Radeon R9 M395X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M395X 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: 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
- Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
- Around 78% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
- Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 491
- Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27734 vs 23826
- 3.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 71.057 vs 18.431
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 413.329 vs 308.42
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 5 May 2015 vs 7 October 2014 |
| Texture fill rate | 92.54 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1536 |
| Floating-point performance | 2,961 gflops vs 1,659 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 733 vs 491 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 27734 vs 23826 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 71.057 vs 18.431 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 413.329 vs 308.42 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 vs 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 vs 3342 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
- Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 723 MHz
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 2x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7351 vs 5195
- Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 92.634 vs 65.367
- Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1146.534 vs 799.421
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.776 vs 5.718
- Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 7365
- Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 2154
- Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 7365
- Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 2154
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz vs 723 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7351 vs 5195 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 92.634 vs 65.367 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1146.534 vs 799.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.776 vs 5.718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10572 vs 7365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3695 vs 2154 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 vs 7365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3695 vs 2154 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M395X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5195 | 7351 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 733 | 491 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 27734 | 23826 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 65.367 | 92.634 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 799.421 | 1146.534 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.718 | 6.776 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 71.057 | 18.431 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 413.329 | 308.42 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7365 | 10572 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2154 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3354 | 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7365 | 10572 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2154 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3354 | 3342 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 649 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 M395X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Amethyst | GM204 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R9 300 Series | |
| Launch date | 5 May 2015 | 7 October 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 461 | 462 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 723 MHz | 1038 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 2,961 gflops | 1,659 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 92.54 GTexel / s | 51.84 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,000 million | 5,200 million |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | PCI Express 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| SLI options | 1 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_1) |
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| OpenCL | Not Listed | 1.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB / s | 160 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| DualGraphics | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| HD3D | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| Switchable graphics | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
| Ansel | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
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| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
