NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs ATI FireGL V8650
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and ATI FireGL V8650 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 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 688 MHz
- 4.7x more texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
- 4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
- 3.8x better floating-point performance: 1,659 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
- Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1736 MHz
- 13.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7347 vs 550
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 vs 14 May 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz vs 688 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1536 vs 320 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,659 gflops vs 440.3 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 80 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 1736 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7347 vs 550 |
Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650
- Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 498
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 637 vs 498 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3357 vs 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3357 vs 3342 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | ATI FireGL V8650 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 7347 | 550 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 498 | 637 |
| 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 | 3357 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 10572 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3695 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 | 3357 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2942 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M | ATI FireGL V8650 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | TeraScale |
| Code name | GM204 | R600 |
| Launch date | 7 October 2014 | 14 May 2007 |
| Place in performance rating | 449 | 405 |
| Type | Laptop | Workstation |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,799 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | 688 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1536 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,659 gflops | 440.3 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 1536 | 320 |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 GTexel / s | 11.01 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 720 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 254 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB / s | 111.1 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 512 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1736 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR4 |
| 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 | ||
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