NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1306 MHz vs 1216 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 742.9x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Launch date 18 May 2016 vs 21 September 2015
Boost clock speed 1306 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 52.24 GTexel / s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 1,672 gflops
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 100-200 Watt vs 225 Watt
Texture fill rate 144 billion / sec vs 52.24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 640
Floating-point performance 4,358 gflops vs 1,672 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100-200 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Name NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark 228
PassMark - G3D Mark 1756
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4053

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell 2.0
Code name GM107 GM204
Launch date 18 May 2016 21 September 2015
Place in performance rating 572 573
Type Workstation Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $395.82
Price now $605.06
Value for money (0-100) 20.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1306 MHz 1216 MHz
Core clock speed 1033 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,672 gflops 4,358 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 640 2048
Texture fill rate 52.24 GTexel / s 144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 100-200 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 2048

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size large
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB / s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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