NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and ATI FireGL V7700 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

ATI FireGL V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
11.6x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 12.43 GTexel / s
6.4x more pipelines: 2048 vs 320
8.8x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7700

321.7x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	ATI FireGL V7700
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
PassMark - G3D Mark		660
PassMark - G2D Mark		422

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	ATI FireGL V7700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV670
Launch date	21 September 2015	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82	$899
Place in performance rating	562	351
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	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	320
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	666 million
Core clock speed		777 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
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