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    GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon Pro Vega 20

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon Pro Vega 20. 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 Pro Vega 20. 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 Pro Vega 20 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon Pro Vega 20 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 Pro Vega 20 here:

    GeForce GTX 980M Laptops
    Radeon Pro Vega 20 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon Pro Vega 20
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 HBM2
    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 Pro Vega 20 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 980M has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - in Mobile workstations.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - with Vega.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M is 223 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.
    • GeForce GTX 980M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro Vega 20 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 980M is 1020 MHz higher, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 24−27 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 18−20 16−18
    4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
    low / 720p 60−65 60−65
    medium / 1080p 45−50 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3% more, than Radeon Pro Vega 20.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 980M Radeon Pro Vega 20
    Architecture Maxwell Vega
    Code name GM204 Vega Mobile
    Type Laptop Mobile workstation
    Release date 7 October 2014 15 November 2018
    Pipelines 1536 1280
    Core clock speed 1038 MHz 815 MHz
    Boost Clock 1127 MHz 1283 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 51.84 102.6
    Floating-point performance 3,462 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 1024 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 1480 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 189.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 6.4 6.3
    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 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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