NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

107
Place in performance rating
204
56.16
Value for money (0-100)
100.00
Maxwell
Architecture
Polaris
GM204
Code name
Ellesmere
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 September 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
4 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$395.82
Launch price (MSRP)
$549.99
$251 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$148 (0.3x MSRP)
46.98
Value for money
46.85
N16E-GXX
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Pro
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
2048
no data
Core clock speed
926 MHz
1216 MHz
Boost Clock
1074 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
100-200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
85 Watt
144 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
137.5
4,358 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,399 gflops
2048
CUDA cores
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1216 MHz
Boost clock speed
1206 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
5,700 million
100-200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
85 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
7.0 GB/s
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
224 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
no data
4 displays
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 470 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile or AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 470 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

8.18% faster in synthetic tests

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile

Cheaper ($148 (0.3x MSRP) vs $251 (0.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (85 Watt vs 100-200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile or AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile versus AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 470 Mobile