NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon X1950 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and ATI Radeon X1950 XT 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 14.4x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
- 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
| Launch date | 21 September 2015 vs 17 October 2006 |
| Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 90 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 256 MB |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
- 257.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 96 Watt vs 100-200 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 XT
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | ATI Radeon X1950 XT |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4053 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | ATI Radeon X1950 XT | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | R500 |
| Code name | GM204 | R580+ |
| Launch date | 21 September 2015 | 17 October 2006 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $395.82 | |
| Place in performance rating | 304 | not rated |
| Price now | $605.06 | |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 20.91 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1216 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 2048 | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,358 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | |
| Texture fill rate | 144 billion / sec | 10 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100-200 Watt | 96 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 384 million |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2 | 2x DVI, 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 |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 9.0c |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB / s | 57.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 1800 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 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 | ||
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