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    GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon HD 5870

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon HD 5870, 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 stacks up against Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 980M is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: GeForce GTX 980M 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 here:

    GeForce GTX 980M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon HD 5870
    Power consumption (TDP) 188 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 980M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 980M has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M is 188 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 2300 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 24−27 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 18−20 1−2
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 24−27
    medium / 1080p 45−50 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 245% more, than Radeon HD 5870.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon HD 5870
    Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
    Code name GM204 Cypress
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 7 October 2014 23 September 2009
    Pipelines 1536 1600
    Core clock speed 1038 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1127 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 2,154 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 51.84 68.00
    Floating-point performance 3,462 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
    Length 282 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1536
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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