NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1127 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 2.7x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1375 MHz
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 92.634 vs 84.413
- Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 9448
- Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 9448
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 3 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 92.634 vs 84.413 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10572 vs 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 vs 9448 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- 2.3x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
- Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
- 2.3x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
- Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 23826
- Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1390.592 vs 1146.534
- Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.336 vs 6.776
- 5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 18.431
- Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 308.42
- 3.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2276 vs 649
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1536 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 1,659 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 vs 23826 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 vs 1146.534 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 vs 6.776 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 vs 18.431 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 vs 308.42 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 vs 3695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 3342 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 vs 649 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7351 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 491 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 23826 | 34541 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 92.634 | 84.413 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1146.534 | 1390.592 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 6.776 | 7.336 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 18.431 | 101.929 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 308.42 | 481.76 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 10572 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3695 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3695 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 649 | 2276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 22 December 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 462 | 464 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,659 gflops | 3,789 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 GTexel / s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 4,313 million |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| G-SYNC support | ||
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| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
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| Eyefinity | ||
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | 1 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 274 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 11 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB / s | 264 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 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 | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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