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).
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 1808
| 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 1808 |
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 |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4053 | 1808 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5331 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 529 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 15400 | |
| 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 |
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| 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 | 562 | 565 |
| Price now | $605.06 | $474.99 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 20.91 | 13.20 |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||
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