Radeon RX Vega 2 vs GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	310	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.25	no data
Power efficiency	7.52	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	21 September 2015 (10 years ago)	7 January 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	2048	128
Core clock speed	1064 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz	1100 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100-200 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.2	no data
Floating-point processing power	4.358 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	128	no data
L1 Cache	768 KB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	no data

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)	no data
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	no data
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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

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	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 September 2015	7 January 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

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