GeForce GTX 980M SLI vs Quadro P5000 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P5000 Mobile with GeForce GTX 980M SLI, including specs and performance data.

P5000 Mobile
2017
16 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
30.00
+21.9%

P5000 Mobile outperforms GTX 980M SLI 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 ranking189224
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.24no data
Power efficiency20.578.44
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGP104no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)7 October 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,885 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 cores20483072
Core clock speed1278 MHz1038 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz1127 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million2x 5200 Million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate202.5no data
Floating-point processing power6.48 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB2x 8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/sno data
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 data
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus++
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131+
CUDA6.1+

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.

P5000 Mobile 30.00
+21.9%
GTX 980M SLI 24.61

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.

P5000 Mobile 20096
GTX 980M SLI 22006
+9.5%

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.

P5000 Mobile 44689
GTX 980M SLI 47841
+7.1%

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.

P5000 Mobile 14666
GTX 980M SLI 18632
+27%

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.

P5000 Mobile 86679
GTX 980M SLI 124076
+43.1%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

P5000 Mobile 99
+22.5%
GTX 980M SLI 81

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

P5000 Mobile 159
+277%
GTX 980M SLI 42

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

P5000 Mobile 168
+3331%
GTX 980M SLI 5

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

P5000 Mobile 150
+277%
GTX 980M SLI 40

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

P5000 Mobile 126
+348%
GTX 980M SLI 28

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

P5000 Mobile 65
+192%
GTX 980M SLI 22

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

P5000 Mobile 67
+48%
GTX 980M SLI 45

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

P5000 Mobile 15
+590%
GTX 980M SLI 2

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

P5000 Mobile 67
+47.8%
GTX 980M SLI 45

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.

P5000 Mobile 99
+22.4%
GTX 980M SLI 81

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

P5000 Mobile 150
+277%
GTX 980M SLI 40

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

P5000 Mobile 159
+277%
GTX 980M SLI 42

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

P5000 Mobile 168
+3331%
GTX 980M SLI 5

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

P5000 Mobile 126
+348%
GTX 980M SLI 28

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

P5000 Mobile 65
+192%
GTX 980M SLI 22

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

P5000 Mobile 14.5
+590%
GTX 980M SLI 2.1

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:

900p160−170
+18.5%
135
−18.5%
Full HD130−140
+18.2%
110
−18.2%

Cost per frame, $

1080p14.50no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Hitman 3 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Hitman 3 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Hitman 3 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Hitman 3 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

This is how P5000 Mobile and GTX 980M SLI compete in popular games:

  • P5000 Mobile is 19% faster in 900p
  • P5000 Mobile is 18% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 30.00 24.61
Recency 11 January 2017 7 October 2014
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt

P5000 Mobile has a 21.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 980M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 980M SLI is a mobile workstation one.


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