NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX

  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 148 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • 600x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 148 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 10 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • 2.3x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 122.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 54% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1664
  • 2.3x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed 1733 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate 277.3 GTexel / s vs 122.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 1664
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops vs 3,920 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G3D Mark 15549
PassMark - G2D Mark 887
Geekbench - OpenCL 55525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7537

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Pascal
Code name GM204 GP104
Launch date 1 June 2016 27 May 2016
Place in performance rating not rated 272
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599
Price now $439.99
Value for money (0-100) 43.72

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1178 MHz 1733 MHz
Core clock speed 1050 MHz 1607 MHz
Floating-point performance 3,920 gflops 8,873 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 16 nm
Pipelines 1664 2560
Texture fill rate 122.5 GTexel / s 277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 148 Watt 180 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 7,200 million
CUDA cores 2560
Maximum GPU temperature 94 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
Width 2-slot

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB / s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 10 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready

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