GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile vs Radeon 8060S

Radeon 8050S Radeon 8060S
VS
GTX 980 Mobile GTX 980 SLI Mobile GTX 980M GTX 980M SLI GTX 980MX

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8060S and GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8060S
2025
34.81
+2.6%

8060S outperforms GTX 980 SLI Mobile by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Radeon 8060S Radeon 8060S
GTX 980 SLI Mobile GTX 980 SLI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking114125
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data8.16
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameStrix PointN16E-GXX SLI
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2025 (recently)22 September 2015 (9 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 cores25604096
Core clock speed1295 MHz1126 MHz
Boost clock speed2335 MHz1228 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 million10400 Million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data330 Watt
Texture fill rate373.6no data
Floating-point processing power11.96 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2x 8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared3500 MHz
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data
G-SYNC support-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_1
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA-+

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:

Full HD140−150
+2.2%
137
−2.2%
4K65−70
−4.6%
68
+4.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Fortnite 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Dota 2 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Fortnite 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 132
+0%
132
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Dota 2 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 74
+0%
74
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+0%
51
+0%
Valorant 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Dota 2 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how Radeon 8060S and GTX 980 SLI Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8060S is 2% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 980 SLI Mobile is 5% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 34.81 33.93
Chip lithography 4 nm 28 nm

Radeon 8060S has a 2.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon 8060S and GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile.

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