NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs ATI FirePro V8700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and ATI FirePro V8700 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 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
  • Around 92% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 800
  • Around 38% better floating-point performance: 1,659 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7361 vs 1539
  • 21.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 152.6
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 October 2014 vs 11 September 2008
Core clock speed 1038 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.84 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 800
Floating-point performance 1,659 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7361 vs 1539
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 152.6

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8700

  • Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 527 vs 499
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8543 vs 3342
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3400 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 527 vs 499
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8543 vs 3342

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8700

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
7361
1539
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
499
527
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
8543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
152.6
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M ATI FirePro V8700
PassMark - G3D Mark 7361 1539
PassMark - G2D Mark 499 527
Geekbench - OpenCL 21477
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 8543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 152.6
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2942

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M ATI FirePro V8700

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GM204 RV770
Launch date 7 October 2014 11 September 2008
Place in performance rating 447 430
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1127 MHz
Core clock speed 1038 MHz 750 MHz
CUDA cores 1536
Floating-point performance 1,659 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 1536 800
Texture fill rate 51.84 GTexel / s 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x 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 2x 6-pin
Length 254 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 3400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
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