AMD Radeon Pro Duo
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Radeon Pro Duo
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

161
Place in performance rating
107
23.81
Value for money (0-100)
56.16
GCN 3.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Capsaicin
Code name
GM204
Workstation
Type
Laptop
26 April 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
22 September 2014 (7 years ago)
$1,499
Launch price (MSRP)
$395.82
$5000 (3.3x MSRP)
Price now
$251 (0.6x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
2.54
Value for money
46.98
Capsaicin
GPU code name
N16E-GXX
Workstation
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

4096
Pipelines
2048
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1216 MHz
8,900 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
350 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100-200 Watt
256.0
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
2x 8,192 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,358 gflops
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CUDA cores
2048
128
Compute units
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4096
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
8,900 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100-200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
277 mm
Length
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3x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile can be seen in this section.

High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4096 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
500 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
512 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1
Eyefinity
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6
Number of Eyefinity displays
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+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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Optimus
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
+
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FRTC
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
+
HD3D
no data
1
LiquidVR
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
+
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Enduro
no data
+
UVD
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
1.1.126
6.0
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon Pro Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon Pro Duo or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Duo
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Duo
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Duo
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Duo
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon Pro Duo
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon Pro Duo

More pipelines (4096 vs 2048)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (512 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

5.96% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($251 (0.6x MSRP) vs $5000 (3.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (100-200 Watt vs 350 Watt)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon Pro Duo or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile .

AMD Radeon Pro Duo versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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