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    GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon R9 M380

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon R9 M380, 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 R9 M380, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon R9 M380 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon R9 M380 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon R9 M380 here:

    GeForce GTX 980M Laptops
    Radeon R9 M380 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon R9 M380
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 980M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 M380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 980M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M380.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M380 - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M is 38 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M380.
    • GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon R9 M380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M is 1000 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M380.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
    ultra / 1080p 24−27 9−10
    QHD / 1440p 18−20 4−5
    4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
    low / 720p 60−65 30−35
    medium / 1080p 45−50 20−22
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 135% more, than Radeon R9 M380.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon R9 M380
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name GM204 Strato Pro GDDR5
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 October 2014 16 June 2015
    Pipelines 1536 768
    Core clock speed 1038 MHz 1000 MHz
    Boost Clock 1127 MHz 1000 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 2,080 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 51.84 48.00
    Floating-point performance 3,462 gflops 1,536 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 96 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.3
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    FreeSync +
    CUDA cores 1536
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s 194 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    GameStream +
    GeForce ShadowPlay +
    GPU Boost 2.0
    GameWorks +
    BatteryBoost +
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