AMD Radeon RX 5600M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI

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Combined performance score

GTX 980M SLI
24.65
+11%

GeForce GTX 980M SLI outperforms Radeon RX 5600M by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking202230
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money18.5733.96
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Navi / RDNA (2019−2020)
GPU code nameno dataNavi 10
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 October 2014 (9 years old)7 January 2020 (4 years old)
Current price$499 $525
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5600M has 83% better value for money than GTX 980M SLI.

Technical specs

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 cores30722304
Core clock speed1038 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1127 MHz1265 MHz
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rateno data182.2

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Radeon RX 5600M 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 sizelargemedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Technologies

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

Optimus+no data

API support

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

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan+1.2
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 980M SLI 24.65
+11%
RX 5600M 22.21

GeForce GTX 980M SLI outperforms Radeon RX 5600M by 11% in our combined benchmark results.


3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 980M SLI 47841
+157%
RX 5600M 18582

GeForce GTX 980M SLI outperforms Radeon RX 5600M by 157% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 980M SLI 22006
RX 5600M 24213
+10%

Radeon RX 5600M outperforms GeForce GTX 980M SLI by 10% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 980M SLI 18632
+5.5%
RX 5600M 17653

GeForce GTX 980M SLI outperforms Radeon RX 5600M by 6% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 980M SLI 124076
+71.5%
RX 5600M 72335

GeForce GTX 980M SLI outperforms Radeon RX 5600M by 72% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p135
+12.5%
120−130
−12.5%
Full HD110
+29.4%
85
−29.4%
1440p60−65
+5.3%
57
−5.3%
4K30−35
−3.3%
31
+3.3%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+11.1%
35−40
−11.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−36.7%
67
+36.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−62.8%
70
+62.8%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−42.5%
114
+42.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+12.1%
55−60
−12.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+11.1%
35−40
−11.1%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+10.2%
55−60
−10.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−18.5%
77
+18.5%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+9.3%
75−80
−9.3%
Hitman 3 70−75
+12.1%
65−70
−12.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−52.8%
81
+52.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−80%
72
+80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−64.8%
89
+64.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−66%
78
+66%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−22.4%
60
+22.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−34.9%
58
+34.9%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−40%
112
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+12.1%
55−60
−12.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+11.1%
35−40
−11.1%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+10.2%
55−60
−10.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−13.8%
74
+13.8%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+9.3%
75−80
−9.3%
Hitman 3 70−75
+12.1%
65−70
−12.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−24.5%
66
+24.5%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−43.9%
59
+43.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+0%
40
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−42.6%
77
+42.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
−85.7%
104
+85.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−48.9%
70
+48.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+0%
49
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−4.7%
45
+4.7%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−32.5%
106
+32.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+11.1%
35−40
−11.1%
Far Cry 5 65−70
−23.1%
80
+23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−3.1%
67
+3.1%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+9.3%
75−80
−9.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
−14.3%
64
+14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+46.9%
32
−46.9%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+11.8%
30−35
−11.8%
Hitman 3 40−45
+13.9%
35−40
−13.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−24.2%
41
+24.2%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+13.6%
21−24
−13.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−31.6%
25
+31.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+13.8%
27−30
−13.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+12.5%
24−27
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24
+0%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−49.1%
82
+49.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+13.2%
35−40
−13.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+11.6%
40−45
−11.6%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+13.3%
45−50
−13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+11.5%
24−27
−11.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−36.8%
26
+36.8%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+11.8%
16−18
−11.8%
Hitman 3 21−24
+9.5%
21−24
−9.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+33.3%
12
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+15.4%
12−14
−15.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+8.3%
12−14
−8.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+17.4%
21−24
−17.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−7.7%
14
+7.7%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−41.4%
41
+41.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+16.7%
18−20
−16.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+14.3%
21−24
−14.3%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+12.9%
30−35
−12.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−18.2%
13
+18.2%

This is how GTX 980M SLI and RX 5600M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 980M SLI is 12.5% faster than RX 5600M

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 980M SLI is 29.4% faster than RX 5600M

1440p resolution:

  • GTX 980M SLI is 5.3% faster than RX 5600M

4K resolution:

  • RX 5600M is 3.3% faster than GTX 980M SLI

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 980M SLI is 46.9% faster than the RX 5600M.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 5600M is 85.7% faster than the GTX 980M SLI.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 980M SLI is ahead in 36 tests (53%)
  • RX 5600M is ahead in 29 tests (43%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 24.65 22.21
Recency 7 October 2014 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 60 Watt

The GeForce GTX 980M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5600M in performance tests.


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