NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

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

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GP106GPU NameGM204
N17E-G1-A1Model numberN16E-GXX-A1
PascalArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
16 nmProcess Size28 nm
4,400 millionTransistors5,200 million
200 mm²Die Size398 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 15th, 2016Release DateSep 21st, 2015
GeForce 10 MobileFamilyGeForce 900M
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 900MPredecessorGeForce 800M
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)

Memory

6 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
192.2 GB/sBandwidth224.4 GB/s

Performance

80.16 GPixel/sPixel fillrate68.10 GPixel/s
133.6 GTexel/sTexture fillrate136.2 GTexel/s
4.275 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.358 TFLOPS
133.6 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance136.2 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective

Render Config

1280Shading Units2048
80TMUs128
48ROPs64
48 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SMM)
1536 KBL2 Cache2 MB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthMXM Module
80 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.1
6.4Shader Model6.4
6.1CUDA5.2