NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro D700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and AMD FirePro D700 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, 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

AMD FirePro D700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 108.8 GTexel / s
Around 25% better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 3,482 gflops
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 100-200 Watt vs 274 Watt

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 18 January 2014
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 108.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 3,482 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt vs 274 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D700

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
782.9x more memory clock speed: 5480 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5480 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D700

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro D700
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
Geekbench - OpenCL		25198
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		74.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1338.806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		91.354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6051
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3348

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro D700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Tahiti
Launch date	21 September 2015	18 January 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82
Place in performance rating	562	564
Price now	$605.06
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt	274 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed		850 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	263.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	5480 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
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