GeForce GTX 980M and Radeon R9 270X - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon R9 270X
GeForce GTX 980M
7565
Radeon R9 270X
5036
GeForce GTX 980M
Radeon R9 270X
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name
GM204
Curacao XT
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
October 2013
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCIe 3.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
2 x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1050 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
-
CUDA cores
1536
-
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
2,688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
180 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
84.00
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
-
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
179.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity
-
+
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
-
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
DirectX® 12
CUDA
+
-
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
Ansel
+
-
AppAcceleration
-
+
BatteryBoost
+
-
CrossFire
-
1
DDMA audio
-
+
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
-
1
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
HD3D
-
+
LiquidVR
-
1
Optimus
+
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
-
1
TrueAudio
-
+
UVD
-
+
ZeroCore
-
-