NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs ATI FireGL V5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and ATI FireGL V5200 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

ATI FireGL V5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 600 MHz
21.6x more texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
64x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7358 vs 115
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 492 vs 348

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	1038 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7358 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	492 vs 348

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V5200

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7358

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

492

348

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	ATI FireGL V5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	7358	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	492	348
Geekbench - OpenCL	23749
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2955

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	ATI FireGL V5200
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	RV530
Launch date	7 October 2014	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	457	459
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	600 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	1,659 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI