ATI Radeon 9800 PRO vs GeForce GTX 980M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking286not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.77no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameGM204R350
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed1038 MHz380 MHz
Boost clock speed1127 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million117 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown47 Watt
Texture fill rate51.843.040
Floating-point processing power1.659 TFLOPSno data
ROPs648
TMUs968

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x Molex
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz340 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s21.76 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 980M 7355
+12366%
ATI 9800 PRO 59

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2014 1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

GTX 980M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon 9800 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980M is a notebook card while Radeon 9800 PRO is a desktop one.


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