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GTX 980M

Average Bench: 41.7% (103rd of 665)

Based on 12,930 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D7 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Poor: 33%Average: 41.7% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980M averaged 58.3% 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) 51.9fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 50.7fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980M is 24.3%. 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) 58.1fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 49fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 12,930 samples)
Rank 10341.7%
Min Avg Max
39.5 Lighting 51.9 88.5
52.9 Reflection 58.1 70.8
40.2 Parallax 49 54.8
41.9% 53 fps
Min Avg Max
39 MRender 54.6 58.1
42.6 Gravity 50.7 54
41.8 Splatting 44.9 48.6
41.4% 50.1 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1114 MHz, MLim: 1247 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.11
42.1% Average
Lighting 50.8
Reflection 63
Parallax 49.8
41% 54.5 fps
MRender 56.8
Gravity 53
Splatting 46.2
43% 52 fps
Clevo(1558 6556) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7141
41.9% Average
Lighting 51.1
Reflection 57.3
Parallax 49.4
41% 52.6 fps
MRender 56
Gravity 52.3
Splatting 46.1
43% 51.5 fps
Dell(1028 0688) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4250
41.2% Average
Lighting 50.2
Reflection 77.1
Parallax 49.2
41% 58.8 fps
MRender 56.3
Gravity 51.2
Splatting 45.9
42% 51.1 fps
Clevo(1558 6780) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40
40.6% Average
Lighting 48.8
Reflection 57.7
Parallax 50.3
39% 52.3 fps
MRender 56.1
Gravity 51.3
Splatting 46.8
42% 51.4 fps
Acer(1025 1051) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7141
34.4% Below average
Lighting 33.3
Reflection 61.3
Parallax 52.1
27% 48.9 fps
MRender 57.4
Gravity 52.7
Splatting 48.7
43% 52.9 fps
Dell(1028 0685) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3153
21.6% Poor
Lighting 5.8
Reflection 56.3
Parallax 49.1
5% 37.1 fps
MRender 57
Gravity 50.8
Splatting 0.3
41% 36 fps
Dell(1028 053F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
20.1% Poor
Lighting 20.8
Reflection 47
Parallax 26.5
17% 31.4 fps
MRender 52.6
Gravity 25.4
Splatting 41.1
24% 39.7 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 44,936,118 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 12,930 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 24% 39% ± 3%
Asus(1043 22DA) 19% 42% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1129) 6% 40% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0688) 4% 38% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 6556) 4% 43% ± 2%
Dell(1028 05AB) 4% 48% ± 10%
Acer(1025 1051) 3% 39% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 0376) 2% 48% ± 9%
Acer(1025 105B) 2% 39% ± 4%
Microsoft(1414 0020) 2% 41% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0685) 2% 41% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1132) 2% 61% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1131) 2% 38% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1171) 2% 57% ± 6%
Clevo(1558 6780) 2% 41% ± 3%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 2% 43% ± 2%
Dell(1028 15CD) 2% 40% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7700) 1% 41% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7500) 1% 41% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 40% ± 7%
Dell(1028 05CD) 1% 39% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7481) 1% 43% ± 2%
Dell(1028 053F) 1% 40% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1157) 1% 39% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 42% ± 2%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 38% ± 5%
Asus(1043 157D) 1% 43% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3756) 1% 42% ± 2%
HP(103C 176C) 1% 40% ± 2%
Dell(1028 153F) 0% 37% ± 10%
Clevo(1558 5281) 0% 42% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0551) 0% 36% ± 4%
HP(103C 1630) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AA) 0% 38% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6541) 0% 42% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6540) 0% 40% ± 3%
Clevo(1558 6781) 0% 42% ± 1%
MSI(1462 110B) 0% 40% ± 0%
MSI(1462 112F) 0% 41% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 39% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7102) 0% 40% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0580) 0% 41% ± 0%
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Gaming 31%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 26%
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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 66%, 70,609 samples340x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 67%, 75,010 samples325x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 925 samples104x
GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 42%, 12,930 samples554x
SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 130%, 2,779 samples182x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $223Bench 175%, 7,344 samples62x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,352 samples55x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,377 samples168x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 15,778 samples94x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 3x8GBSamsungBench 48%, 462 samples82x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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8,012

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 months ago.

a 5 Year old graphics card, Still a beast, Running Modern games (eg. Cyberpunk with 50+ FPS) This Mobile GPU is the Best (In my opinion), Cheap, Good GPU.

FRA-User
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3,945

Poor

2 months ago.

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

BRA-User
Avatar level
3,875

Good

2 years ago.

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

POL-User
Avatar level
3,830

Excellent

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
Avatar level
3,270

Poor

7 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
Avatar level
2,338

Poor

6 months ago.

It is not as powerful as it was back in 2014

DNK-User
Avatar level
1,872

Good

18 months ago.

i got one in my laptop and it is king

SGP-User
Avatar level
1,656

Poor

9 months ago.

userbenchmark has the big gaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

RavenBailiff
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314

Average

2 years ago.

Out of date, even in mobile.

buttertoast1999
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4

Good

15 months ago.

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

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