AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 144 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38169 vs 34898
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 9566
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 9566
8.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 475

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 144 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	38169 vs 34898
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 475

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11113 vs 3166
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 336
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3690 vs 3617
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3690 vs 3617

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11113 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 336
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690 vs 3617

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

11113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

791

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38169

34898

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

9566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3335

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

475

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	11113
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	791
Geekbench - OpenCL	38169	34898
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	475
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	Maxwell 2.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	377	379
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		GM204
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	1216 MHz
Compute units	22
Core clock speed	1448 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	144 billion / sec
Transistor count	6400 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
Floating-point performance		4,981 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		165 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		7.0 GB/s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
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
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL		1.2
OpenGL		4.5