AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid 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, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1677 MHz vs 1216 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 429.3 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
3.2x better floating-point performance: 13,738 gflops vs 4,358 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
270x more memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Around 92% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7765 vs 4053

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 August 2017 vs 21 September 2015
Boost clock speed	1677 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate	429.3 GTexel / s vs 144 billion / sec
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	13,738 gflops vs 4,358 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7765 vs 4053

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 100-200 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7765

4053

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7765	4053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	GM204
Launch date	8 August 2017	21 September 2015
Place in performance rating	256	562
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$395.82
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1677 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	1406 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,738 gflops	4,358 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2048
Texture fill rate	429.3 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	100-200 Watt
CUDA cores		2048
Transistor count		5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB / s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL		1.2
OpenGL		4.5
Technologies
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