NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs AMD FirePro W7100
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and AMD FirePro W7100 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 920 MHz
- 4x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 400 Watt
- Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7356 vs 5251
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 92.634 vs 65.781
- Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.776 vs 5.854
- Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 6362
- Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 6362
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 12 August 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz vs 920 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 400 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7356 vs 5251 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 92.634 vs 65.781 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.776 vs 5.854 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10572 vs 6362 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 vs 6362 |
Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7100
- Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 103.0 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
- Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
- Around 99% better floating-point performance: 3,297 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
- 2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
- Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 661 vs 491
- Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 24871 vs 23790
- Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1248.285 vs 1146.534
- 5.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.086 vs 18.431
- Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 361.58 vs 308.42
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 103.0 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1792 vs 1536 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,297 gflops vs 1,659 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz vs 2500 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 661 vs 491 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 24871 vs 23790 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1248.285 vs 1146.534 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 94.086 vs 18.431 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 361.58 vs 308.42 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3713 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3713 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3342 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7100
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | AMD FirePro W7100 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7356 | 5251 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 491 | 661 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 23790 | 24871 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 92.634 | 65.781 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1146.534 | 1248.285 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.776 | 5.854 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 18.431 | 94.086 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 308.42 | 361.58 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10572 | 6362 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3695 | 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 3355 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 | 6362 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3695 | 3713 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 3355 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3190 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | AMD FirePro W7100 | |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 3.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Tonga |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 12 August 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 452 | 449 |
| Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | 920 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,659 gflops | 3,297 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 1792 |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 GTexel / s | 103.0 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 5,000 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
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| HDMI | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
| DisplayPort count | 4 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Form factor | Full Height / Full Length | |
| Length | 241 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB / s | 160 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 5000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| BatteryBoost | ||
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| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
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