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 | 15529 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 891 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 52423 | |
| 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 | 7533 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Pascal |
| Code name | GM204 | GP104 |
| Launch date | 1 June 2016 | 27 May 2016 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 266 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
| Price now | $439.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 43.72 | |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| 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 |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| Ansel | ||
| CUDA | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| Multi Monitor | ||
| Multi-Projection | ||
| ShadowWorks | ||
| SLI | ||
| Virtual Reality | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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