NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 980M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.2x more core clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 250 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 128 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 500 MHz
193.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7356 vs 38
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 491 vs 358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 October 2014 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	1038 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s vs 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7356 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	491 vs 358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7356

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

491

358

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
PassMark - G3D Mark	7356	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	491	358
Geekbench - OpenCL	23790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3190

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	NV43 A4
Launch date	7 October 2014	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	452	454
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	1536
Floating-point performance	1,659 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1536
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DMS-59
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		187 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI