Radeon RX 490M vs GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 203 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 19.72 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2018) | Polaris (2016−2019) |
| GPU code name | no data | Polaris |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 October 2014 (9 years ago) | 1 August 2016 (7 years ago) |
| Current price | $499 | $479 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
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 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 GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Radeon RX 490M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 size | large | large |
| SLI options | + | no data |
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 | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | + | no data |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 October 2014 | 1 August 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
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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