GeForce GTX 980MX vs GTX 760M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking657not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.85no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK106GM204
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7681664
Core clock speed657 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed657 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt148 Watt
Texture fill rate42.05122.5
Floating-point processing power1.009 TFLOPS3.92 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs64104

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.0 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA+5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2013 1 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 148 Watt

GTX 760M has 169.1% lower power consumption.

GTX 980MX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760M and GeForce GTX 980MX. We've got no test results to judge.


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