NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs ATI FireMV 2260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and ATI FireMV 2260 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 FireMV 2260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
60x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
51.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 40
90.8x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 48 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 1 January 2008
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 40
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2260

13.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
142.9x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2260

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	ATI FireMV 2260
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
PassMark - G3D Mark		117
PassMark - G2D Mark		488

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	ATI FireMV 2260
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV620
Launch date	21 September 2015	1 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82
Place in performance rating	315	318
Price now	$605.06
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	40
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	181 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	4x mini-DisplayPort
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		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
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