Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 Mobile with Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 Mobile
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
21.57

RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms GTX 980 Mobile by a significant 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking256210
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.51no data
Power efficiency7.3922.49
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM204TU106
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date21 September 2015 (9 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years 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 cores20482304
Core clock speed1064 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speed1216 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100-200 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate136.2198.7
Floating-point processing power4.358 TFLOPS6.359 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs128144
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
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 GB6 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 1.2No outputs
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+-
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 980 Mobile 21.57
RTX 3000 Mobile 26.25
+21.7%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 980 Mobile 17201
RTX 3000 Mobile 19879
+15.6%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 980 Mobile 39702
RTX 3000 Mobile 50309
+26.7%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 980 Mobile 13047
RTX 3000 Mobile 14842
+13.8%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 980 Mobile 76705
RTX 3000 Mobile 91394
+19.1%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 980 Mobile 107
+45%
RTX 3000 Mobile 74

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 980 Mobile 49
RTX 3000 Mobile 111
+125%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 980 Mobile 6
RTX 3000 Mobile 114
+1761%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 980 Mobile 54
RTX 3000 Mobile 116
+115%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 980 Mobile 35
RTX 3000 Mobile 119
+242%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

GTX 980 Mobile 31
RTX 3000 Mobile 46
+48.9%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

GTX 980 Mobile 59
RTX 3000 Mobile 82
+38.3%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 980 Mobile 7
RTX 3000 Mobile 12
+63.9%

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

GTX 980 Mobile 59
RTX 3000 Mobile 82
+38.3%

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

GTX 980 Mobile 107
+45%
RTX 3000 Mobile 74

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

GTX 980 Mobile 54
RTX 3000 Mobile 116
+115%

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

GTX 980 Mobile 49
RTX 3000 Mobile 111
+125%

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

GTX 980 Mobile 6
RTX 3000 Mobile 114
+1761%

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

GTX 980 Mobile 35
RTX 3000 Mobile 119
+242%

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

GTX 980 Mobile 31
RTX 3000 Mobile 46
+48.9%

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

GTX 980 Mobile 7.2
RTX 3000 Mobile 11.8
+63.9%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD98
−6.1%
104
+6.1%
4K45
−95.6%
88
+95.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.04no data
4K8.80no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−19.4%
40−45
+19.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−57.1%
77
+57.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−17.8%
85−90
+17.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−17.8%
50−55
+17.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−19.4%
40−45
+19.4%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−15.3%
65−70
+15.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−12.7%
150−160
+12.7%
Hitman 3 40−45
−20.5%
50−55
+20.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−14.3%
120−130
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 75−80
−16.9%
90−95
+16.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−15.3%
65−70
+15.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−20.3%
85−90
+20.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−9.3%
100−110
+9.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
−16.3%
55−60
+16.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Battlefield 5 70−75
−17.8%
85−90
+17.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−17.8%
50−55
+17.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−19.4%
40−45
+19.4%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
−15.3%
65−70
+15.3%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−12.7%
150−160
+12.7%
Hitman 3 40−45
−20.5%
50−55
+20.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−14.3%
120−130
+14.3%
Metro Exodus 75−80
−16.9%
90−95
+16.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−15.3%
65−70
+15.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−20.3%
85−90
+20.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 124
+121%
55−60
−121%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−9.3%
100−110
+9.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+25.6%
39
−25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
−18.4%
45−50
+18.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
−17.8%
50−55
+17.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
−19.4%
40−45
+19.4%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−17.6%
60−65
+17.6%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
−12.7%
150−160
+12.7%
Hitman 3 40−45
−20.5%
50−55
+20.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 100−110
−14.3%
120−130
+14.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70−75
−20.3%
85−90
+20.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
−27.3%
56
+27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−9.3%
100−110
+9.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
−15.3%
65−70
+15.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−19%
50−55
+19%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
−17.6%
40−45
+17.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−17.4%
27−30
+17.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−23.8%
24−27
+23.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−20%
30−33
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−15.4%
30−33
+15.4%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
−20%
150−160
+20%
Hitman 3 24−27
−19.2%
30−35
+19.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−20%
50−55
+20%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−19%
50−55
+19%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−23.4%
55−60
+23.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−26.9%
30−35
+26.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
−14.1%
140−150
+14.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−18.9%
40−45
+18.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−18.2%
24−27
+18.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Hitman 3 16−18
−23.5%
21−24
+23.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
−16.5%
130−140
+16.5%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−25%
30−33
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30
+3.4%
27−30
−3.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−16.7%
14−16
+16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−25%
14−16
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−25%
14−16
+25%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
−20%
35−40
+20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−23.1%
30−35
+23.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
−21.1%
21−24
+21.1%

This is how GTX 980 Mobile and RTX 3000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3000 Mobile is 6% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3000 Mobile is 96% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 980 Mobile is 121% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3000 Mobile is 57% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 980 Mobile is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • RTX 3000 Mobile is ahead in 69 tests (96%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.57 26.25
Recency 21 September 2015 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3000 Mobile has a 21.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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