AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1216 MHz
1340x more texture fill rate: 192.96 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 8% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
1142.9x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 September 2015
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

702.9x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4053 vs 3510

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053 vs 3510

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3510

4053

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510	4053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69	$395.82
Place in performance rating	683	562
Price now	$169.99	$605.06
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	62.57	20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	1216 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1257 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	4,358 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2048
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	144 billion / sec
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	100-200 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 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
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
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