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    GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon RX 5500M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon RX 5500M. 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 980M and Radeon RX 5500M. 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.
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    GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon RX 5500M 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 RX 5500M here:

    GeForce GTX 980M Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR6
    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 RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 980M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 289 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980M.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 11500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 24−27 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 18−20 7−8
    4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
    low / 720p 60−65 40−45
    medium / 1080p 45−50 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 73% more, than Radeon RX 5500M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture Maxwell Navi / RDNA
    Code name GM204 Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 October 2014 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 1536 1408
    Core clock speed 1038 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 1127 MHz 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 51.84 144.8
    Floating-point performance 3,462 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 224.0 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 1.1 2.0
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1536
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 383 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    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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