ATI FireGL V3600 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 ranking | 350 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.73 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | RV630 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 October 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 June 2007 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 120 |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 390 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | 73 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 51.84 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.659 TFLOPS | 0.144 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 96 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 576 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 64 KB |
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 size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| 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 type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 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 Boost | 2.0 | no data |
| GameWorks | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
| BatteryBoost | + | - |
| Ansel | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 October 2014 | 28 June 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
GTX 980M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980M and FireGL V3600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 980M is a notebook graphics card while FireGL V3600 is a workstation one.
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