NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1379 MHz vs 1216 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
10x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
300x more memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	12 March 2018 vs 21 September 2015
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

4.4x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 33.1 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4.1x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 1,059 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4053 vs 620

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 33.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 1,059 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053 vs 620

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

4053

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	620	4053

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP108	GM204
Launch date	12 March 2018	21 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	$395.82
Place in performance rating	1623	562
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Price now		$605.06
Value for money (0-100)		20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1379 MHz	1216 MHz
Core clock speed	1152 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,059 gflops	4,358 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2048
Texture fill rate	33.1 GTexel / s	144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	100-200 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	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 x4	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.8 GB / s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2100 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	DDR4	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