Radeon R9 370X vs GeForce GTX 980M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	346	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.59	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Trinidad
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 October 2014 (11 years ago)	27 August 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199

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	1536	1280
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	180 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.84	82.40
Floating-point processing power	1.659 TFLOPS	2.637 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	96	80
L1 Cache	576 KB	384 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	512 KB

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	221 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	179.2 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	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

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	+	-
Ansel	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 October 2014	27 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB

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