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.

NVIDIA GRID M10-8Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

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	570	571
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