NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon R7 350
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
VS
AMD Radeon R7 350

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI  vs  AMD Radeon R7 350.

120
Place in performance rating
not rated
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Value for money (0-100)
0.08
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 1.0
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Code name
Cape Verde
Laptop
Type
Desktop
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
6 July 2016 (5 years ago)
$499
Price now
$12.88
20.66
Value for money
no data
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GPU code name
Cape Verde
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI  vs  AMD Radeon R7 350 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.

3072
Pipelines
512
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
800 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
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2x 5200 Million
Transistor count
1,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
55 Watt
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Texture fill rate
25.60
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Floating-point performance
819.2 gflops
3072
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
1127 MHz
Boost clock speed
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2x 5200 Million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
55 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 350 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
168 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
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SLI options
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI vs AMD Radeon R7 350.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2x 8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
2x 256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI vs AMD Radeon R7 350.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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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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GPU Boost
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CUDA
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GeForce Experience
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Optimus
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GeForce ShadowPlay
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BatteryBoost
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 350 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. 

DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
DirectX
12 (11_1)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI and AMD Radeon R7 350 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI or AMD Radeon R7 350 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 350
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 350
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 350
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 350
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
AMD Radeon R7 350
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI

47.55% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (3072 vs 512)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 350

Cheaper ($12.88 vs $499)

Less power consumption (55 Watt vs 200 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI or AMD Radeon R7 350?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI versus AMD Radeon R7 350 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.2 Out of 13 Hitesti Score
4.4 Out of 35 Hitesti Score