NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1216 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 102.5 billion / sec
Around 52% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1344
Around 77% better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7.0 GB/s vs 6.0 GB/s
2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4053 vs 1839

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 10 May 2012
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 102.5 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1344
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 2,459.5 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053 vs 1839

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 100-200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 100-200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4053

1839

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053	1839
PassMark - G3D Mark		5333
PassMark - G2D Mark		534
Geekbench - OpenCL		15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GM204	GK104
Launch date	21 September 2015	10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82	$399
Place in performance rating	315	563
Price now	$605.06	$474.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.91	13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz	980 MHz
CUDA cores	2048	1344
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1344
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	3,540 million
Core clock speed		980 MHz
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1	3-way
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		Two 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	6.0 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
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
Adaptive VSync
FXAA
TXAA