Radeon R9 M380 Mac Edition vs Quadro4 980 XGL
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1575 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kelvin (2001−2003) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | NV28 A2 | Strato |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 November 2002 (23 years ago) | 5 May 2015 (10 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 | no data | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1021 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 36 million | 2,080 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 28 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 2.400 | 49.01 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.568 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 325 MHz | 1568 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.4 GB/s | 100.4 GB/s |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 November 2002 | 5 May 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 28 nm |
R9 M380 Mac Edition has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro4 980 XGL and Radeon R9 M380 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro4 980 XGL is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R9 M380 Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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