Radeon RX 490M vs GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 225 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.45 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | no data | Polaris |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 October 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 August 2016 (8 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 cores | 3072 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2x 5200 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 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 | large |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 8 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | no data |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | + | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 October 2014 | 1 August 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
RX 490M has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Radeon RX 490M. We've got no test results to judge.
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