GeForce GTX 980MX vs Quadro P4000

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	172	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.19	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name	GP104	GM204
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	6 February 2017 (7 years ago)	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$815	no data
Current price	$485 (0.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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	1792	1664
Core clock speed	1202 MHz	1050 MHz
Boost clock speed	1480 MHz	1178 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	148 Watt
Texture fill rate	165.8	122.5
Floating-point performance	5,304 gflops	3,920 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7604 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Display Port	1.4	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	no data
3D Stereo	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	6.1	5.2

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 February 2017	1 June 2016
Chip lithography	16 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	148 Watt

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