GeForce GTX 980 mobile vs Radeon Pro 5700 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Radeon Pro 5700 XT. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Radeon Pro 5700 XT. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

GeForce GTX 980 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 980 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 980 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 mobile Radeon Pro 5700 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 100-200 Watt 130 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
  Check Price
  • Radeon Pro 5700 XT has 30% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro 5700 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 5700 XT has 12 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro 5700 XT - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro 5700 XT - with RDNA 1.0.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 5700 XT - by 7 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 5700 XT is 5 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 55−60
ultra / 1080p 35−40 35−40
QHD / 1440p 27−30 30−35
4K / 2160p 14−16 18−20
low / 720p 75−80 80−85
medium / 1080p 60−65 65−70
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 5700 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 mobile Radeon Pro 5700 XT
Architecture Maxwell RDNA 1.0
Code name N16E-GXX Navi 10
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 22 September 2014 4 August 2020
Pipelines 2048 2560
Boost Clock 1216 MHz 1499 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
Texture fill rate 144 billion/sec 239.8
Floating-point performance 4,358 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2
CUDA +
CUDA cores 2048
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
  Check Price