NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
11.1x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 13 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
38.9x better floating-point performance: 4,981 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
22x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11113 vs 504
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	11113 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

3.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 165 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11113

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

791

407

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	11113	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	791	407
Geekbench - OpenCL	34898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	477.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	475

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM204	G94
Launch date	19 September 2014	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$549
Place in performance rating	379	384
Price now	$605.06
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	21.18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048	64
Floating-point performance	4,981 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	505 million
Core clock speed		1000 MHz
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
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-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	1	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	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
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD