NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs AMD Radeon R9 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and AMD Radeon R9 285 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 918 MHz
• Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 190 Watt
• 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7352 vs 6680
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 92.634 vs 72.799
• Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.776 vs 6.369
• Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 6474
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3695 vs 3043
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 2782
• Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 6474
• Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3695 vs 3043
• Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 2782
• Around 6% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2942 vs 2778

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

• Around 98% higher texture fill rate: 102.8 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
• Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
• Around 98% better floating-point performance: 3,290 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
• 2.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
• Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 597 vs 499
• Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1474.632 vs 1146.534
• 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 91.954 vs 18.431
• Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 391.399 vs 308.42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 285

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7352 6680
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	499 597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	92.634 72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1146.534 1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.776 6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	18.431 91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	308.42 391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10572 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10572 6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3695 3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3342 2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	2942 2778

Compare specifications (specs)