Radeon RX 7800 XT 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 rated30
Place by popularitynot in top-10073
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data67.52
Power efficiencyno data17.05
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM204Navi 32
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)25 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores16643840
Core clock speed1050 MHz1295 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz2430 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)148 Watt263 Watt
Texture fill rate122.5583.2
Floating-point processing power3.92 TFLOPS37.32 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs104240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2438 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s624.1 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 outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2016 25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 148 Watt 263 Watt

GTX 980MX has 77.7% lower power consumption.

RX 7800 XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980MX and Radeon RX 7800 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7800 XT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX
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