GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile vs Radeon RX 9060

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 9060 with GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 9060
2025
8 GB GDDR6, 132 Watt
48.57
+33.2%

RX 9060 outperforms GTX 980 SLI Mobile by a substantial 33% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking72146
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency28.038.42
ArchitectureRDNA 4.0 (2025)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameNavi 44N16E-GXX SLI
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 August 2025 (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 cores17924096
Core clock speed1700 MHz1126 MHz
Boost clock speed2990 MHz1228 MHz
Number of transistors29,700 million10400 Million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)132 Watt330 Watt
Texture fill rate334.9no data
Floating-point processing power21.43 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs112no data
Ray Tracing Cores28no 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
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2x 8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2518 MHz3500 MHz
Memory bandwidth322.3 GB/sno data
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR+-

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1ano data
HDMI+-
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
OpenCL2.2no 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 HD180−190
+31.4%
137
−31.4%
4K90−95
+32.4%
68
−32.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
God of War 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+0%
85−90
+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%
God of War 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

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 85−90
+0%
85−90
+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%
God of War 85−90
+0%
85−90
+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 85−90
+0%
85−90
+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%
God of War 85−90
+0%
85−90
+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%
God of War 45−50
+0%
45−50
+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

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%
God of War 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how RX 9060 and GTX 980 SLI Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 9060 is 31% faster in 1080p
  • RX 9060 is 32% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 65 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 48.57 36.47
Recency 5 August 2025 22 September 2015
Chip lithography 4 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 132 Watt 330 Watt

RX 9060 has a 33.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 9060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 9060 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook one.

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