NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and ATI FireGL V7700 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 V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 777 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
3.3x better floating-point performance: 1,659 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 2252 MHz
11.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7347 vs 660
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 498 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1038 MHz vs 777 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,659 gflops vs 497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 2252 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7347 vs 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	498 vs 422

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7347

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

498

422

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	ATI FireGL V7700
PassMark - G3D Mark	7347	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	498	422
Geekbench - OpenCL	21586
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	2942

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	ATI FireGL V7700
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV670
Launch date	7 October 2014	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	449	351
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	777 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	1,659 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	320
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
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