Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Radeon R9 M395X 4GB | GeForce GTX 980M 8GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 85% | 41% |
| Hitman 3 | 141% | 84% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 69% | 29% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 85% | 41% |
| FIFA 21 | 7% | 29% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 161% | 99% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 64% | 25% |
| Genshin Impact | 85% | 41% |
| The Medium | 131% | 76% |
| Far Cry 6 | 168% | 104% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 8GB are noticeably better than the AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4GB.
The GTX 980M has a 315 MHz higher core clock speed but 32 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the R9 M395X. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the GTX 980M manages to provide 7.1 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 980M has a 315 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Render Output Units than the R9 M395X. This results in the GTX 980M providing 43.3 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The R9 M395X was released less than a year after the GTX 980M, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GTX 980M has 4096 MB more video memory than the R9 M395X, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 980M also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 980M has 0.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the R9 M395X, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 980M is marginally better than the R9 M395X.
The Radeon R9 M395X 4GB has 2048 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 980M 8GB has 1536. However, the actual shader performance of the R9 M395X is 1259 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 980M is 2337. The GTX 980M having 1078 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 980M delivers a significantly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the R9 M395X.
The Radeon R9 M395X 4GB requires 125 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 980M 8GB requires 100 Watts. The R9 M395X requires 25 Watts more than the GTX 980M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the R9 M395X to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the GTX 980M.
| Core Speed | 723 MHz | vs |  | 1038 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | | 1127 MHz | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2 Amethyst XT | Maxwell GM204-N16E-GX-A2 | |||
| OC Potential | Fair |
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| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 09 Jun 2015 | | vs | 07 Oct 2014 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 9.8
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 7.8
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8.9
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| 2560x1440 | 5.7
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6.6
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| 3840x2160 | 4.2
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4.9
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| Memory | 4096 MB | vs | | 8192 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz | vs | | 1253 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | | 256 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 160GB/sec | | vs | | 160.4GB/sec |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | vs | |
2048 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
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| Shader Processing Units | 2048 | | vs | 1536 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 61% | vs | | 100% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 128 | | vs | 96 | |
| Texture Rate | 92.5 GTexel/s | vs | | 99.6 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 32 | vs | | 64 | |
| Pixel Rate | 23.1 GPixel/s | vs | | 66.4 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 125 Watts | vs | | 100 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.0 | vs | | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-4810MQ 4-Core 2.8GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-4930MX 4-Core 3.0GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon R9 M395X 4GB is a High-End Mobile Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Graphics Core Next Architecture (CGN). Architecture Radeon R9 M395X 4GB Features a GPU Codenamed Amethyst XT which is a Third Gen GCN GPU and is identical to the Tonga XT GPU used on the Desktop Radeon R9 380X. Amethyst XT has 32 Compute Units Unlocked and thus offers 2048 Shader Processing Units, 128 TMUs and 32 ROPs. GPU The Central Unit is Clocked at 723MHz. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with fast GDDR5 and Accesses the Frame Buffer through a 256-bit Memory Interface. The Memory Clock Operates at 1250MHz. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 4GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. However, because the GPU itself is too weak to work under other circumstances in which 4GB of Memory are needed - such as 4K Gaming, a Large Frame Buffer is mostly a Gimmick. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 125W, it is suited for very large laptops. Performance Radeon R9 M395X 4GB is a Direct Rebrand of Radeon R9 M295X 4GB. Performance is Comparable to the desktop Radeon R9 280. Therefore, even GeForce GTX 970M is still faster. System Suggestions Radeon R9 M395X 4GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a Strong Processor and 8GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview GeForce GTX 980M 8GB is a high-end Mobile Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The Second variant of the Maxwell Architecture, despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, has an extremely large L2 Cache and features a Third Generation Delta Color Compression which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. The Second Revision of Maxwell also adds the VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination) Technology which makes scenes significantly more lifelike and believable as light interacts more realistically in the game environment and the MFAA Technology which provides the same effect as MSAA but at a much lower performance cost. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM204-N16E-GX-A2 which has 12 SM activated and thus offers 1536 Shader Processing Units, 96 TMUs and 64 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1038MHz and goes up to 1127MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 8GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 256-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way adds extra performance. Features DirectX 12.0 Support (11.2 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 100W, it will only be equipped in very large notebooks. Performance Benchmarks indicate its performance is over 30% faster than GeForce GTX 880M. Therefore, it should even surpass GeForce GTX 770 and be around as fast as desktop GeForce GTX 780. GeForce GTX 980M is therefore the fastest mobile Graphics Card as of October 2014 and AMD's Radeon R9 M290X is beaten in over 40%. System Suggestions We recommend a very strong processor (Intel Core i7 Mobile Quad Core) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 980M 8GB. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||