Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking144not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.42no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIGT200B
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date22 September 2015 (9 years ago)11 November 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,799

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 cores4096192
Core clock speed1126 MHz602 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data38.53
Floating-point processing powerno data0.4623 TFLOPS
ROPsno data24
TMUsno data64

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 September 2015 11 November 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 150 Watt

GTX 980 SLI Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

FX 4800 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 120% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition is a workstation one.

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