NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX
What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980MX. Find out which graphics card has better performance.
Graphics Processor (GPU)
| GM204 | GPU Name | GM204 |
| GM204-200-A1 | Model number | N16E-GXX-A1 |
| Maxwell 2.0 | Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 |
| TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
| 28 nm | Process Size | 28 nm |
| 5,200 million | Transistors | 5,200 million |
| 398 mm² | Die Size | 398 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Jun 1st, 2016 |
| GeForce 900 | Family | GeForce 900M |
| End-of-life | Production | Active |
| GeForce 700 | Predecessor | GeForce 800M |
| PCIe 3.0 x16 | Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Memory
| 4 GB | Memory Size | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 256 bit | Memory Bus | 256 bit |
| 224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s |
Performance
| 65.97 GPixel/s | Pixel fillrate | 75.39 GPixel/s |
| 122.5 GTexel/s | Texture fillrate | 122.5 GTexel/s |
| 3.920 TFLOPS | FP32 (float) performance | 3.920 TFLOPS |
| 122.5 GFLOPS (1:32) | FP64 (double) performance | 122.5 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Clock Speeds
| 1050 MHz | Base Clock | 1050 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock | 1178 MHz |
| 1753 MHz 7 Gbps effective | Memory Clock | 1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective |
Render Config
| 1664 | Shading Units | 1664 |
| 104 | TMUs | 104 |
| 56 | ROPs | 64 |
| 48 KB (per SMM) | L1 Cache | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| 2 MB | L2 Cache | 2 MB |
Board Design
| Dual-slot | Slot Width | MXM Module |
| 148 W | Thermal design power (TDP) | 148 W |
| 1x DVI 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | Display Connectors | No outputs |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | None |
API support
| 12 (12_1) | DirectX | 12 (12_1) |
| 4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
| 3.0 | OpenCL | 3.0 |
| 1.1 | Vulkan | 1.1 |
| 6.4 | Shader Model | 6.4 |
| 5.2 | CUDA | 5.2 |