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GTX 980M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 40.9% (120th of 685)

Based on 11,961 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D7 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Poor: 29%Average: 40.9% Great: 57%

Popular builds with this GPU

Below average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980M averaged 59.1% 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) 50.7fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 49.8fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980M is 27.8%. 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) 58.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 48.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,961 samples)
Rank 12040.9%
Min Avg Max
35.2 Lighting 50.7 91.9
51.5 Reflection 58.2 75.2
39.1 Parallax 48.8 54.8
41% 52.6 fps
Min Avg Max
36.5 MRender 53.9 57.9
38.3 Gravity 49.8 54
38.1 Splatting 44.7 48.7
40.7% 49.5 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Dell(1028 05AB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94
55.9% Above average
Lighting 84.6
Reflection 57.1
Parallax 49.9
68% 63.9 fps
MRender 55.9
Gravity 50.3
Splatting 46.5
41% 50.9 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.79
41.7% Average
Lighting 49.9
Reflection 57.5
Parallax 50.4
40% 52.6 fps
MRender 56.7
Gravity 53.2
Splatting 46.7
43% 52.2 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1295
40.8% Average
Lighting 50.5
Reflection 75.1
Parallax 47.9
41% 57.8 fps
MRender 55.6
Gravity 49.7
Splatting 44.7
41% 50 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1694
37.5% Below average
Lighting 49.8
Reflection 54.6
Parallax 52.8
40% 52.4 fps
MRender 5
Gravity 49.2
Splatting 44.4
34% 32.9 fps
MSI(1462 1157) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.05
34.3% Below average
Lighting 40.1
Reflection 57.8
Parallax 44.3
32% 47.4 fps
MRender 54.6
Gravity 43.4
Splatting 46.3
36% 48.1 fps
MSI(1462 11AF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 18.2
Reflection 20.6
Parallax 14.8
15% 17.9 fps
MRender 16.7
Gravity 18.7
Splatting 16.5
15% 17.3 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 55,195,285 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 11,961 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Asus(1043 22DA) 19% 41% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0708) 19% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1129) 8% 38% ± 4%
Dell(1028 0688) 4% 38% ± 5%
Acer(1025 105B) 3% 39% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 6556) 3% 41% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 0376) 3% 45% ± 14%
Clevo(1558 7700) 3% 41% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1132) 3% 58% ± 8%
Acer(1025 107D) 3% 41% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0685) 2% 39% ± 4%
Clevo(1558 7502) 2% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1171) 2% 61% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1131) 2% 33% ± 8%
Dell(1028 15CD) 2% 38% ± 3%
Microsoft(1414 0020) 2% 40% ± 2%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 40% ± 2%
Dell(1028 05AB) 2% 43% ± 6%
Dell(1028 0551) 2% 31% ± 5%
Asus(1043 157D) 2% 43% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 37% ± 8%
MSI(1462 1157) 1% 42% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 7500) 1% 41% ± 0%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 35% ± 8%
Dell(1028 053F) 1% 47% ± 3%
Dell(1028 05CD) 1% 45% ± 9%
Clevo(1558 7481) 1% 45% ± 0%
Toshiba(1179 FA77) 1% 34% ± 10%
HP(103C 176C) 1% 36% ± 7%
Clevo(1558 6781) 1% 44% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 C556) 1% 34% ± 11%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 42% ± 0%
MSI(1462 110B) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 17B1) 0% 30% ± 0%
HP(103C 1520) 0% 42% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 4756) 0% 42% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 42% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 0% 23% ± 0%
Toshiba(1179 FB12) 0% 35% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0580) 0% 39% ± 0%
HP(103C 1630) 0% 39% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AA) 0% 39% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AF19) 0% 41% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AE) 0% 37% ± 0%
Dell(1028 057B) 0% 43% ± 0%
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Gaming 31%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 26%
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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 66%, 77,677 samples138x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 66%, 72,814 samples120x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 1,007 samples32x
GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 11,961 samples207x
SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples76x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 75%, 1,499 samples24x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples16x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples52x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples44x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 3x8GBSamsungBench 48%, 513 samples35x
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USA-User
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5 months ago.

FRA-User
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4,217

Poor

12 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
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4,185

Good

3 years ago.

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

POL-User
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4,150

Excellent

23 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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3,574

Excellent

1 month 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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2,508

Poor

20 months ago.

It is not as powerful as it was back in 2014

DNK-User
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2,016

Good

2 years ago.

i got one in my laptop and it is king

SGP-User
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1,778

Poor

23 months ago.

userbenchmark has the big gaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

RavenBailiff
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316

Average

3 years ago.

Out of date, even in mobile.

buttertoast1999
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Good

2 years ago.

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

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