GeForce GTX 980M SLI vs Radeon R9 Fury

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Radeon R9 Fury, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 980M SLI stacks up against Radeon R9 Fury, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 980M SLI is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 980M SLI 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 980M SLI here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980M SLI Radeon R9 Fury
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 275 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 2x 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 Fury has 37% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 980M SLI.
  • Radeon R9 Fury has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 980M SLI.
  • GeForce GTX 980M SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 Fury - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980M SLI is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 Fury - with GCN 1.2.
  • GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Radeon R9 Fury are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M SLI is 4500 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 55−60 50−55
ultra / 1080p 35−40 30−35
QHD / 1440p 30−35 27−30
4K / 2160p 18−20 14−16
low / 720p 80−85 75−80
medium / 1080p 65−70 60−65
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Radeon R9 Fury.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980M SLI Radeon R9 Fury
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2
Code name Fiji
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 October 2014 16 June 2015
Pipelines 3072 3584
Core clock speed 1038 MHz
Boost Clock 1127 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2x 5200 Million 8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 224.0
Floating-point performance 7,168 gflops
Memory bus width 2x 256 Bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan + +
CUDA +
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 800 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Compute units 56
AppAcceleration +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) +
LiquidVR +
TressFX +
UVD +
FRTC +
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