AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
AMD Cayman
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

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Place in performance rating
107
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Value for money (0-100)
56.16
TeraScale 3
Architecture
Maxwell
Cayman
Code name
GM204
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
22 September 2014 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$395.82
$17.44
Price now
$251 (0.6x MSRP)
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Value for money
46.98
Cayman
GPU code name
N16E-GXX
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Cayman  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1536
Pipelines
2048
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Boost Clock
1216 MHz
2,640 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
100-200 Watt
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Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
4,358 gflops
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CUDA cores
2048
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
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Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
2,640 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
100-200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Cayman vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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HDMI
+
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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
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Surround
+
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Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
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Optimus
+
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GameStream
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
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BatteryBoost
+
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cayman and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cayman
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cayman

Cheaper ($17.44 vs $251 (0.6x MSRP))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

50.73% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 1536)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Cayman or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile .

AMD Cayman versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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