FirePro D300 vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

Place in the ranking	114	443
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.29	4.74
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	N16E-GXX SLI	Pitcairn
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	22 September 2015 (9 years ago)	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	1280
Core clock speed	1126 MHz	850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10400 Million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	330 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	68.00
Floating-point processing power	no data	2.176 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	80

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	1270 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	162.6 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	4x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_1	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	no data	5.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	132 +340%	30−35 −340%
4K	65 +306%	16−18 −306%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+325%

16−18

−325%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +290%	21−24 −290%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +319%	16−18 −319%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +313%	30−33 −313%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +333%	18−20 −333%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +325%	16−18 −325%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +300%	21−24 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +300%	24−27 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +322%	45−50 −322%
Hitman 3	80−85 +290%	21−24 −290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +305%	40−45 −305%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +313%	30−33 −313%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +333%	21−24 −333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +303%	35−40 −303%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +327%	30−33 −327%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +290%	21−24 −290%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +319%	16−18 −319%
Battlefield 5	120−130 +313%	30−33 −313%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +333%	18−20 −333%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +325%	16−18 −325%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +300%	21−24 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 +300%	24−27 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +322%	45−50 −322%
Hitman 3	80−85 +290%	21−24 −290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +305%	40−45 −305%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +313%	30−33 −313%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +333%	21−24 −333%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +303%	35−40 −303%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	137 +291%	35−40 −291%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +327%	30−33 −327%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +290%	21−24 −290%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 +319%	16−18 −319%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	75−80 +333%	18−20 −333%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +325%	16−18 −325%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +300%	21−24 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +322%	45−50 −322%
Hitman 3	80−85 +290%	21−24 −290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +305%	40−45 −305%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 +303%	35−40 −303%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	74 +311%	18−20 −311%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +327%	30−33 −327%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95
+333%

21−24

−333%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +311%	18−20 −311%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +321%	14−16 −321%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +320%	10−11 −320%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +320%	10−11 −320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 +329%	7−8 −329%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +350%	10−11 −350%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 +295%	55−60 −295%
Hitman 3	50−55 +317%	12−14 −317%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80−85 +300%	21−24 −300%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +300%	18−20 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	90−95 +288%	24−27 −288%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +300%	14−16 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 +322%	45−50 −322%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70
+313%

16−18

−313%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +290%	10−11 −290%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +300%	8−9 −300%
Hitman 3	30−35 +288%	8−9 −288%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +300%	45−50 −300%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +308%	12−14 −308%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +325%	12−14 −325%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +333%	6−7 −333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +300%	6−7 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 +317%	6−7 −317%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +360%	5−6 −360%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +286%	14−16 −286%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 +342%	12−14 −342%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%