Radeon RX Vega 11 Efficient vs GeForce GTX 980

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking195not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.98no data
Power efficiency11.97no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM204Raven
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 September 2014 (10 years ago)23 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2048704
Core clock speed1064 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1216 MHz1250 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate155.655.00
Floating-point processing power4.981 TFLOPS1.76 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs12844

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth224 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 September 2014 23 April 2018
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 35 Watt

RX Vega 11 Efficient has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 371.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 and Radeon RX Vega 11 Efficient. We've got no test results to judge.


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