NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX and AMD Radeon R9 380X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameAntigua
N16E-GXX-A1Model numberAntigua XT
(215-0877016)
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 3.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors5,000 million
398 mm²Die Size366 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 1st, 2016Release DateNov 19th, 2015
GeForce 900MFamilyPirate Islands
(R9 300)
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 800MPredecessorVolcanic Islands
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
192.0 GB/sBandwidth182.4 GB/s

Performance

75.39 GPixel/sPixel fillrate31.04 GPixel/s
122.5 GTexel/sTexture fillrate124.2 GTexel/s
3.920 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.973 TFLOPS
122.5 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance248.3 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1425 MHz
5.7 Gbps effective

Render Config

1664Shading Units2048
104TMUs128
64ROPs32
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
2 MBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
148 WThermal design power (TDP)190 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL2.0
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model6.3