GeForce GTX 980 vs RTX 500 Ada Laptop: graphics card comparison

Performance score

GeForce GTX 980 · 4 GB GDDR5, 165 W

11.67

RTX 500 Ada Laptop · 4 GB GDDR6, 35–60 W

12.31 +5%

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RTX 500 Ada Laptop is 5% faster than GeForce GTX 980 by our estimate.

The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.

Real tests

What the test measures

Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.

GPU rendering (Blender)

GeForce GTX 980

293

faster than 11% of tested · runs: 5

RTX 500 Ada Laptop

1544+427 %

faster than 45% of tested · runs: 6

Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.

Overview

	GeForce GTX 980	RTX 500 Ada Laptop
Score (0–100)	11.67	12.31
Ranking position	146	140
Power efficiency (0–100)	33.91	no data
Manufacturer	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Architecture	Maxwell	Ada Lovelace

Specifications

	GeForce GTX 980	RTX 500 Ada Laptop
Shader cores	2048	2048
Base clock	1126 MHz	no data
Boost clock	1216 MHz	2025 MHz
FP32 TFLOPS (calculated)	4.98	8.29
Hardware ray tracing	no	yes

Video memory

	GeForce GTX 980	RTX 500 Ada Laptop
VRAM	4 GB	4 GB
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Memory bus	256 bit	64 bit

Power and connection

	GeForce GTX 980	RTX 500 Ada Laptop
Board power	165 W	35–60 W

Pros and cons

GeForce GTX 980

no notable advantages

RTX 500 Ada Laptop

5% higher overall score
has hardware ray tracing

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