GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs GTX 980 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking256not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.52no data
Power efficiency7.39no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM204AD103
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date21 September 2015 (9 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395.82 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20489728
Core clock speed1064 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1216 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100-200 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate136.2442.3
Floating-point processing power4.358 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs64112
TMUs128304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s448.0 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 September 2015 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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