Radeon R9 M375X vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Radeon R9 M375X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 980 SLI Mobile
2015
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 330 Watt
39.29
+738%

GTX 980 SLI Mobile outperforms R9 M375X by a whopping 738% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking114650
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.16no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLITropo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 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 cores4096640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speed1126 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHz1015 MHz
Number of transistors10400 Million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data40.60
Floating-point processing powerno data1.299 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72 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 dataNo outputs
Eyefinity-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantle-+
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD133
+850%
14−16
−850%
4K63
+800%
7−8
−800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+750%
8−9
−750%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+857%
7−8
−857%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+786%
14−16
−786%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+767%
9−10
−767%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+750%
8−9
−750%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+740%
10−11
−740%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+860%
10−11
−860%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+805%
21−24
−805%
Hitman 3 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+800%
18−20
−800%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+786%
14−16
−786%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+810%
10−11
−810%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+781%
16−18
−781%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+814%
14−16
−814%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+857%
7−8
−857%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+786%
14−16
−786%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+767%
9−10
−767%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+750%
8−9
−750%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+740%
10−11
−740%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
+860%
10−11
−860%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+805%
21−24
−805%
Hitman 3 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+800%
18−20
−800%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+786%
14−16
−786%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+810%
10−11
−810%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+781%
16−18
−781%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 137
+756%
16−18
−756%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+814%
14−16
−814%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+857%
7−8
−857%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+767%
9−10
−767%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+750%
8−9
−750%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+740%
10−11
−740%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+805%
21−24
−805%
Hitman 3 80−85
+811%
9−10
−811%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+800%
18−20
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
+781%
16−18
−781%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+825%
8−9
−825%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+814%
14−16
−814%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+810%
10−11
−810%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+825%
8−9
−825%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+743%
7−8
−743%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+800%
5−6
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+800%
5−6
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+804%
24−27
−804%
Hitman 3 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+740%
10−11
−740%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+800%
8−9
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+830%
10−11
−830%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+833%
6−7
−833%
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200
+805%
21−24
−805%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+843%
7−8
−843%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+875%
4−5
−875%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Hitman 3 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+757%
21−24
−757%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+880%
5−6
−880%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+750%
6−7
−750%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+800%
6−7
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+783%
6−7
−783%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%

This is how GTX 980 SLI Mobile and R9 M375X compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 850% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 800% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.29 4.69
Recency 22 September 2015 5 May 2015

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has a 737.7% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 months.

The GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M375X in performance tests.


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