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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) vs AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) 8 GB GDDR5 · 1.14 GHz Speed index 4/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 2048 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.14 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 4.67 TFLOPS.

AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 8 GB HBM2 · 1.55 GHz · 295 W Speed index 10/100

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 has 4096 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.55 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.66 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is 171 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Speed index
4/100
10/100
FP32
4.67 TFLOPS
12.66 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
1.14 GHz
1.55 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR5
8 GB HBM2
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
484 GB/s
TDP
--
295 W
Launch Price
--
499 $

GPU

GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Based onNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD RX Vega 64
GPU ChipGM204Vega 10 XT
Streaming Multiprocessors1664
Shader20484096
Render Output Units6464
Texture Units128256
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 16 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is based on the GCN 5 architecture and is equipped with 64 execution units.

Memory

MemoryNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Memory Size8 GB8 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5HBM2
Memory Clock1.753 GHz0.945 GHz
Memory Speed7.0 Gbps1.9 Gbps
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s484 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit2,048 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 has a 8 GB large HBM2 graphics memory and the memory clock is 0.945GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Base Clock1.064 GHz1.247 GHz
Boost Clock1.140 GHz1.546 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has a turbo clock of 1.140 GHz. The turbo frequency of the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is 1.546 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
TDP--295 W
Tjunction maxUnknown100 °C
PCIe-Power--2 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has -- connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as Unknown.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 100 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Fan-Type--Radial
Fan 1--1 x 70 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) are cooled with a Air cooling.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI--1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort--3x DP 1.4
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Max. resolution4096x21607680x4320
DirectX12_112_1
RaytracingNoNo
DLSS / FSRNoYes
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCNoDecode / Encode
VP8DecodeDecode
VP9NoDecode / Encode
AV1NoNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
Length--280 mm
Height--127 mm
Width--41 mm
Width (Slots)--2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU)AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64
GPU InterfacePCIe 3 x 16PCIe 3.0 x 16
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2017
Launch Price--499 $
Structure size28 nm14 nm
Documents--data sheet
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Manufactured using the 28 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile (Laptop GPU) was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 published in Q3/2017 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

Benchmark results

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

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  2. 64 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

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  2. 92 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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  2. 128 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

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  2. 67,049

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

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  2. 72,946

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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  2. 76,720

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