NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs AMD FirePro W8100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and AMD FirePro W8100 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

AMD FirePro W8100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Around 3% better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 4,219 gflops
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 100-200 Watt vs 220 Watt

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 23 June 2014
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 131.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 4,219 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt vs 220 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W8100

Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
714.3x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W8100

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro W8100
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
PassMark - G3D Mark		7279
PassMark - G2D Mark		717
Geekbench - OpenCL		34705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		93.339
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2333.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.816
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		112.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		440.107
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	AMD FirePro W8100
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Hawaii
Launch date	21 September 2015	23 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82
Place in performance rating	562	385
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	4,219 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	131.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	6,200 million
Core clock speed		824 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	4x 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
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	5000 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