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 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 733 vs 499
• Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27707 vs 21639
• 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

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: 7352 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

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M395X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	5195 7352
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	733 499
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	27707 21639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	65.367 92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	799.421 1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	5.718 6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	71.057 18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	413.329 308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7365 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2154 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3354 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	7365 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2154 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3354 3342

Compare specifications (specs)