NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 M385X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 1100 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 896
2.2x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 1,971 gflops

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 896
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 1,971 gflops

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385X

214.3x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M385X

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4079
PassMark - G2D Mark		267
PassMark - G3D Mark		1994
Geekbench - OpenCL		49760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 M385X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Strato
Launch date	21 September 2015	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82
Place in performance rating	572	573
Price now	$605.06
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.91
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz	1100 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	896
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	2,080 million
Core clock speed		1000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support	1
Eyefinity
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	large
SLI options	1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenCL	1.2	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	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
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore