Radeon RX 5300M vs GeForce GTX 980MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated410
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data9.40
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameGM204Navi 14
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)13 November 2019 (5 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 cores16641408
Core clock speed1050 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz1445 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million6,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)148 Watt85 Watt
Texture fill rate122.5127.2
Floating-point processing power3.92 TFLOPS4.069 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs10488

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s168.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2016 13 November 2019
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 148 Watt 85 Watt

GTX 980MX has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 5300M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 74.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980MX and Radeon RX 5300M. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX
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