SIS Mirage 3 671MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	86	not rated
Value for money	70.82	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	no data
GPU code name	N16E-GXX SLI	671MX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	22 September 2015 (7 years old)	1 June 2006 (16 years old)
Current price	$301	no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	3
Core clock speed	1126 MHz	1 MHz
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	10400 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	330 Watt	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and SIS Mirage 3 671MX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
SLI options	+	no data

Memory

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

Memory type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Video outputs and ports

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.

G-SYNC support

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API support

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

DirectX	12_1	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	22 September 2015	1 June 2006
Pipelines / CUDA cores	4096	2

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