Quadro T1000 Mobile GDDR6 vs GeForce GTX 980M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking287not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.29no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM204TU117B
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)8 June 2020 (4 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 cores1536896
Core clock speed1038 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1127 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown50 Watt
Texture fill rate51.8492.40
Floating-point processing power1.659 TFLOPS2.957 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs9656

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 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s192.0 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 outputsNo outputs
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

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+-
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.140
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2014 8 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm

GTX 980M has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

T1000 Mobile GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980M and Quadro T1000 Mobile GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro T1000 Mobile GDDR6 is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
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