NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameGP104
N16E-GXX-A1Model numberGP104-140-KA-A1
Maxwell 2.0ArchitecturePascal
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size16 nm
5,200 millionTransistors7,200 million
398 mm²Die Size314 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 1st, 2016Release DateDec 25th, 2016
GeForce 900MFamilyGeForce 10
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 800MPredecessorGeForce 900
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus192 bit
192.0 GB/sBandwidth192.2 GB/s

Performance

75.39 GPixel/sPixel fillrate81.98 GPixel/s
122.5 GTexel/sTexture fillrate123.0 GTexel/s
3.920 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.935 TFLOPS
122.5 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance123.0 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1050 MHzBase Clock1506 MHz
1178 MHzBoost Clock1708 MHz
1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective
Memory Clock2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective

Render Config

1664Shading Units1152
104TMUs72
64ROPs48
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SM)
2 MBL2 Cache1536 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
148 WThermal design power (TDP)120 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors1x 6-pin

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model6.4
5.2CUDA6.1