NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX vs AMD Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX and AMD Radeon R9 M395X Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameAmethyst
N16E-GXX-A1Model numberAmethyst XT
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 3.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors5,000 million
398 mm²Die Size366 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 1st, 2016Release DateMay 5th, 2015
GeForce 900MFamilyCrystal System
(R9 M300)
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 800MPredecessorSolar System
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

8 GBMemory Size4 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
192.0 GB/sBandwidth174.7 GB/s

Performance

75.39 GPixel/sPixel fillrate29.09 GPixel/s
122.5 GTexel/sTexture fillrate116.4 GTexel/s
3.920 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.723 TFLOPS
122.5 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance232.7 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1365 MHz
5.5 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 WidthMXM Module
148 WThermal design power (TDP)250 W
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

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