GeForce GTX 485M vs GTX 980M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce GTX 485M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 980M SLI
2014
2x 8 GB GDDR5, 200 Watt
24.61
+302%

GTX 980M SLI outperforms GTX 485M by a whopping 302% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking224581
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.444.20
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameno dataGF104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)5 January 2011 (13 years ago)

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 cores3072384
Core clock speed1038 MHz1150 MHz
Boost clock speed1127 MHzno data
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data36.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.8832 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96.0 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA++

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 980M SLI 24.61
+302%
GTX 485M 6.12

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 980M SLI 22006
+712%
GTX 485M 2709

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 980M SLI 47841
+253%
GTX 485M 13536

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:

900p135
+181%
48
−181%
Full HD110
+69.2%
65
−69.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+300%
10−11
−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+238%
16−18
−238%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+376%
16−18
−376%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+285%
12−14
−285%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+300%
10−11
−300%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+338%
12−14
−338%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+282%
16−18
−282%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+263%
40−45
−263%
Hitman 3 50−55
+317%
12−14
−317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+208%
35−40
−208%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+431%
16−18
−431%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+276%
16−18
−276%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+300%
21−24
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+106%
50−55
−106%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+238%
16−18
−238%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+376%
16−18
−376%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+285%
12−14
−285%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+300%
10−11
−300%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+338%
12−14
−338%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+282%
16−18
−282%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+263%
40−45
−263%
Hitman 3 50−55
+317%
12−14
−317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+208%
35−40
−208%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+431%
16−18
−431%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+276%
16−18
−276%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+300%
21−24
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+170%
20−22
−170%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+106%
50−55
−106%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+238%
16−18
−238%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+500%
7−8
−500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+285%
12−14
−285%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+300%
10−11
−300%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+338%
12−14
−338%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+263%
40−45
−263%
Hitman 3 50−55
+317%
12−14
−317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+208%
35−40
−208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+300%
21−24
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+170%
20−22
−170%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+106%
50−55
−106%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+276%
16−18
−276%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+322%
9−10
−322%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+333%
6−7
−333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+689%
18−20
−689%
Hitman 3 30−33
+200%
10−11
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+292%
12−14
−292%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+840%
5−6
−840%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+2600%
2−3
−2600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+259%
35−40
−259%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+273%
10−12
−273%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+380%
5−6
−380%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Hitman 3 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+747%
14−16
−747%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+1250%
2−3
−1250%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 0−1
Far Cry 5 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+467%
6−7
−467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+250%
6−7
−250%

This is how GTX 980M SLI and GTX 485M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980M SLI is 181% faster in 900p
  • GTX 980M SLI is 69% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 980M SLI is 2600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 980M SLI surpassed GTX 485M in all 70 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.61 6.12
Recency 7 October 2014 5 January 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 980M SLI has a 302.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 485M, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 980M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 485M in performance tests.


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