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GTX 980M

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 50.9% (68th of 613)

Based on 9,356 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D7 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Poor: 34%Average: 50.9% Great: 63%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980M averaged 49.1% 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) 158fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 144fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980M is 28.4%. 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) 132fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 110fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,356 samples)
Rank 6850.9%
Min Avg Max
60 Lighting 158 291
100 Reflection 132 146
105 Parallax 148 175
47.8% 146 fps
Min Avg Max
81.7 MRender 118 130
105 Gravity 144 161
87.6 Splatting 110 120
53.2% 124 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 1132) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
59.9% Above average
Lighting 266
Reflection 128
Parallax 147
69% 180 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 144
Splatting 106
53% 124 fps
Clevo(1558 7500) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1139 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5
56.8% Above average
Lighting 178
Reflection 145
Parallax 178
55% 167 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 160
Splatting 120
58% 135 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53
56.5% Above average
Lighting 173
Reflection 144
Parallax 178
54% 165 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 159
Splatting 119
58% 136 fps
Asus(1043 22DA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86
54.8% Above average
Lighting 168
Reflection 144
Parallax 158
51% 156 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 158
Splatting 118
58% 135 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
53.2% Above average
Lighting 162
Reflection 137
Parallax 152
49% 151 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 153
Splatting 116
56% 131 fps
Gigabyte(1458 4756) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1935
52.1% Above average
Lighting 160
Reflection 137
Parallax 149
48% 148 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 149
Splatting 114
55% 128 fps
Dell(1028 0685) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086
48.7% Average
Lighting 141
Reflection 117
Parallax 120
41% 126 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 146
Splatting 112
54% 127 fps
Dell(1028 0688) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086
47.2% Average
Lighting 112
Reflection 125
Parallax 159
40% 132 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 140
Splatting 108
53% 123 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1972
43.9% Average
Lighting 162
Reflection 133
Parallax 142
48% 146 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 143
Splatting 0.3
41% 86.3 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 1 popular games:

League of Legends: 185 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,614,516 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 9,356 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 20% 48% ± 6%
Asus(1043 22DA) 17% 53% ± 6%
MSI(1462 1129) 11% 51% ± 5%
Dell(1028 0688) 5% 47% ± 10%
Clevo(1558 0376) 4% 58% ± 11%
MSI(1462 1171) 3% 60% ± 9%
Clevo(1558 6556) 3% 50% ± 6%
Acer(1025 105B) 3% 47% ± 11%
MSI(1462 1132) 3% 59% ± 11%
Clevo(1558 7500) 3% 53% ± 4%
Microsoft(1414 0020) 3% 52% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 2% 46% ± 14%
Clevo(1558 6780) 2% 52% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0685) 2% 47% ± 5%
Acer(1025 1051) 2% 53% ± 2%
Dell(1028 05AB) 2% 56% ± 12%
MSI(1462 1131) 2% 52% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 7481) 1% 53% ± 1%
MSI(1462 1157) 1% 51% ± 7%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 45% ± 12%
Gigabyte(1458 C556) 1% 45% ± 19%
Clevo(1558 7700) 1% 49% ± 8%
Acer(1025 107D) 1% 51% ± 3%
Dell(1028 05AA) 1% 44% ± 7%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 52% ± 3%
Dell(1028 057B) 1% 48% ± 10%
Gigabyte(1458 2556) 1% 40% ± 11%
Clevo(1558 7502) 1% 51% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 4756) 1% 53% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7702) 1% 52% ± 2%
Asus(1043 157D) 1% 55% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6540) 1% 53% ± 0%
MSI(1462 112F) 0% 54% ± 0%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 42% ± 16%
MSI(1462 1189) 0% 52% ± 3%
Nvidia(10DE 110B) 0% 34% ± 23%
Dell(1028 05AD) 0% 51% ± 6%
EVGA(3842 2000) 0% 53% ± 0%
Dell(1028 15CD) 0% 53% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7102) 0% 39% ± 0%
Dell(1028 02A2) 0% 35% ± 0%
Dell(1028 053F) 0% 48% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AE) 0% 48% ± 0%
HP(103C 176C) 0% 20% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6781) 0% 43% ± 0%
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Desktop 64%
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Workstation 44%
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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 60%, 46,464 samples557x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 59%, 43,574 samples548x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 64%, 558 samples183x
GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 51%, 9,356 samples925x
SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 129%, 1,693 samples361x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 71%, 1,000 samples143x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $235Bench 179%, 4,842 samples122x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 16,872 samples253x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 9,499 samples180x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 54%, 17,606 samples165x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

Even at its age, still a great laptop graphics card that remains able to play most new AAA games at 1080p60 if not very slightly below that. Excellent overclocker if you have the cooling and don't mind flashing the vBIOS.

FRA-User
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Good

1 month ago.

Old But Gold

BRA-User
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2,759

Excellent

5 months ago.

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

ROU-User
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2,485

Excellent

1 month ago.

Its very strong!

LKA-User
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900

Excellent

3 months ago.

Performance is amazing

RavenBailiff
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Average

13 days ago.

Out of date, even in mobile.

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