AMD Radeon RX 480 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 480 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) 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 RX 480

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 182.3 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
1000x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 3% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4162 vs 4053

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2016 vs 21 September 2015
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4162 vs 4053

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

751.4x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 5.8 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 480
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4162

4053

Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
PassMark - G3D Mark	8627
PassMark - G2D Mark	778
Geekbench - OpenCL	39103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	103.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	769.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.593
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	67.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	597.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4162	4053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 480	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	29 June 2016	21 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$395.82
Place in performance rating	340	562
Price now	$299.99	$605.06
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	39.12	20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1266 MHz	1216 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1120 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.8 TFLOPs	4,358 gflops
GPU Power	110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2048
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	182.3 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	100-200 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	n / a	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HD3D
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore
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