AMD Xbox Series X GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking108not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money76.61no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIScarlett
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 September 2015 (8 years old)10 November 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499
Current price$301 $11.41 (0x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40963328
Core clock speed1126 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors10400 Million15,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rateno data379.6

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Xbox Series X GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataIGP
Lengthno data301 mm
Widthno dataIGP
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 amount2x 8 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data560.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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
G-SYNC support+no data

API support

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.2
CUDA+no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 22 September 2015 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 200 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Xbox Series X GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while Xbox Series X GPU is a desktop one.


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