AMD Radeon R9 M470X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
- Around 19% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
- 2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3695
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3695
- 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 23820
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3342
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3342
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 15 May 2016 vs 7 October 2014 |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops vs 1,659 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 vs 3695 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 57109 vs 23820 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 vs 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 vs 3342 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 1100 MHz
- Around 71% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 896
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7356 vs 3244
- Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 491 vs 426
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 896 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7356 vs 3244 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 491 vs 426 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M470X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3244 | 7356 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 426 | 491 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 | 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 | 3695 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 57109 | 23820 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3342 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 92.634 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1146.534 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.776 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 18.431 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 308.42 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10572 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 648 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 M470X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Code name | Strato | GM204 |
| Launch date | 15 May 2016 | 7 October 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 470 | 471 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | 1127 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1038 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops | 1,659 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 1536 |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s | 51.84 GTexel / s |
| Transistor count | 2,080 million | 5,200 million |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Laptop size | large | large |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB / s | 160 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Ansel | ||
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| DSR | ||
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| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
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| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
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