Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	316	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.12	no data
Power efficiency	7.47	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Vega 10
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	21 September 2015 (10 years ago)	13 July 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82	$1,489

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	4096
Core clock speed	1064 MHz	1382 MHz
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100-200 Watt	375 Watt
Texture fill rate	136.2	409.6
Floating-point processing power	4.358 TFLOPS	13.11 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	128	256
L1 Cache	768 KB	1 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	4 MB

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 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin
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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	945 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	483.8 GB/s
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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.125
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 September 2015	13 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	375 Watt