NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View 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 FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 500 MHz
13x more texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
19.2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 80
20.7x better floating-point performance: 1,659 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
43.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7352 vs 170
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 499 vs 352

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 1 April 2010
Core clock speed	1038 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 80
Floating-point performance	1,659 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7352 vs 170
PassMark - G2D Mark	499 vs 352

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

5.9x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7352

170

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

499

352

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
PassMark - G3D Mark	7352	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	499	352
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 FirePro 2460 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM204	Cedar
Launch date	7 October 2014	1 April 2010
Place in performance rating	449	446
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	1,659 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	80
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort
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	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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