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    GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon HD 7970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon HD 7970M, 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 7970M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon HD 7970M 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 HD 7970M here:

    GeForce GTX 980M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • GeForce GTX 980M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M is 188 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon HD 7970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 2300 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 24−27 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 18−20 5−6
    4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
    low / 720p 60−65 35−40
    medium / 1080p 45−50 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 106% more, than Radeon HD 7970M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name GM204 Wimbledon XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 7 October 2014 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 1536 1280
    Core clock speed 1038 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1127 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 51.84 68.00
    Floating-point performance 3,462 gflops 2,176 gflops
    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) 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    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 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large 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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