NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GRID K120Q 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
10.6x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 192
13.4x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 2 July 2014
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 13.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 326.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
254.6x more memory clock speed: 1782 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
Memory clock speed	1782 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID K120Q

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
PassMark - G3D Mark		293
PassMark - G2D Mark		278

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GRID K120Q
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GM204	GK107
Launch date	21 September 2015	2 July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82	$125
Place in performance rating	573	575
Price now	$605.06
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops	326.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	192
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	13.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,270 million
Core clock speed		850 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	No outputs
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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	28.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1782 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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