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GTX 980M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 40.6% (147th of 714)

Based on 14,160 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D7 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Poor: 29%Average: 40.6% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980M averaged 59.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 50.4fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 44.5fps

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980M is 31.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GTX 980M performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 57.6fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 48fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,160 samples)
Rank 14740.6%
Min Avg Max
33.4 Lighting 50.4 89.4
47.9 Reflection 57.6 77.3
38.1 Parallax 48 53.1
41.1% 52 fps
Min Avg Max
35.7 MRender 53.1 57.8
35.8 Gravity 49.1 53.8
37.9 Splatting 44.5 48.4
39.5% 48.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 157D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3161
42.8% Average
Lighting 52.9
Reflection 57.7
Parallax 50.5
43% 53.7 fps
MRender 56.8
Gravity 52.9
Splatting 46.6
42% 52.1 fps
Acer(1025 107D) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3713
42.4% Average
Lighting 49.4
Reflection 60.3
Parallax 51.6
40% 53.8 fps
MRender 68
Gravity 54.1
Splatting 51.4
46% 57.8 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.45
41.5% Average
Lighting 50.4
Reflection 57.5
Parallax 50.2
41% 52.7 fps
MRender 57.6
Gravity 52.9
Splatting 46.5
42% 52.3 fps
Clevo(1558 5281) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5186
40.6% Average
Lighting 49.2
Reflection 55.8
Parallax 46.4
40% 50.5 fps
MRender 56.5
Gravity 51.4
Splatting 46.7
42% 51.5 fps
Microsoft(1414 0020) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 462.96
40.2% Average
Lighting 49.4
Reflection 54.9
Parallax 48
40% 50.8 fps
MRender 53.9
Gravity 50.7
Splatting 44.5
40% 49.7 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 551.86
39.7% Below average
Lighting 48.3
Reflection 55.9
Parallax 48.4
39% 50.9 fps
MRender 54.8
Gravity 50.5
Splatting 45
40% 50.1 fps
Clevo(1558 6540) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.5222
30.8% Below average
Lighting 31.1
Reflection 56.8
Parallax 49.3
25% 45.7 fps
MRender 55.8
Gravity 52
Splatting 45.8
41% 51.2 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3153
22.5% Poor
Lighting 30.1
Reflection 53
Parallax 40
24% 41 fps
MRender 35.5
Gravity 41.7
Splatting 0.3
18% 25.8 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 20% 39% ± 3%
Asus(1043 22DA) 19% 41% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1129) 7% 38% ± 4%
Dell(1028 0688) 5% 37% ± 5%
Dell(1028 05AB) 4% 50% ± 11%
Acer(1025 105B) 4% 38% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1132) 3% 61% ± 8%
Dell(1028 0685) 3% 39% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 0376) 3% 45% ± 14%
Clevo(1558 6556) 2% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1157) 2% 37% ± 4%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 36% ± 7%
Microsoft(1414 0020) 2% 40% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1171) 2% 64% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1131) 2% 37% ± 4%
Dell(1028 0551) 2% 29% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 7700) 2% 40% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 39% ± 1%
HP(103C 176C) 1% 33% ± 6%
MSI(1462 112F) 1% 37% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 41% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 42% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 40% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0580) 1% 35% ± 7%
Clevo(1558 7481) 1% 44% ± 2%
Dell(1028 15CD) 1% 40% ± 0%
HP(103C 1630) 1% 39% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 38% ± 3%
Dell(1028 053F) 1% 45% ± 5%
Asus(1043 157D) 1% 42% ± 3%
Dell(1028 05CD) 1% 46% ± 11%
Dell(1028 05AA) 0% 37% ± 1%
Dell(1028 05AE) 0% 36% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 C556) 0% 32% ± 13%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 39% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 38% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7500) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 153F) 0% 45% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 5106) 0% 25% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AD) 0% 34% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3756) 0% 43% ± 0%
Dell(1028 17B1) 0% 31% ± 0%
HP(103C 1520) 0% 29% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2000) 0% 42% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AF1C) 0% 41% ± 0%
Toshiba(1179 FA77) 0% 32% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AF19) 0% 40% ± 0%
Dell(1028 057B) 0% 42% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6781) 0% 41% ± 0%
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Gaming 28%
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Desktop 68%
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Workstation 23%
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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples238x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples202x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 1,015 samples54x
GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples347x
SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples125x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples38x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples36x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples91x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples68x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples56x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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9,838

Good (edit your comment) Add link

4 months ago.

Has been great to me all these years.

BRA-User
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4,637

Good

4 years ago.

I kinda have like the AMD drivers more, because they are cheaper and function almost the same

FRA-User
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4,573

Poor

2 years ago.

Very good GPU considering its age. Capable of 1080p gaming at medium settings (or even high for competitive games like Overwatch) without issues.

POL-User
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4,568

Poor

9 months ago.

I've had a laptop with it for 5 years and only now do I really feel the need to replace it. For a mobile GPU it was REALLY GOOD. I've had barely any issues and performance was admirable.

AUS-User
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3,950

Excellent

20 months ago.

Kinda glitchy. Heats up a lot but with a powerful fan it holds up. After all this time it still is pretty powerful.

SWE-User
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2,784

Poor

3 years ago.

It is not as powerful as it was back in 2014

DNK-User
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2,212

Good

4 years ago.

i got one in my laptop and it is king

SGP-User
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1,994

Poor

3 years ago.

userbenchmark has the big gaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

RavenBailiff
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314

Average

4 years ago.

Out of date, even in mobile.

buttertoast1999
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4

Good

4 years ago.

Definitely showing its age, but still capable at 1080p with medium settings

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