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GTX 980M

Average Bench: 41.4% (83rd of 639)

Based on 11,539 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 13D7 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Poor: 32%Average: 41.4% Great: 45%

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Below average average bench

The Nvidia GTX 980M averaged 58.6% 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) 157fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 148fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GTX 980M is just 12.6%. 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) 133fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 151fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,539 samples)
Rank 8341.4%
Min Avg Max
96.1 Lighting 157 199
107 Reflection 133 147
119 Parallax 151 176
41.2% 147 fps
Min Avg Max
84.8 MRender 121 129
120 Gravity 148 160
106 Splatting 113 120
41.6% 127 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 1131) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4274
49.3% Average
Lighting 200
Reflection 158
Parallax 174
52% 177 fps
MRender 146
Gravity 174
Splatting 130
49% 150 fps
MSI(1462 1131) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
43.7% Average
Lighting 160
Reflection 142
Parallax 157
42% 153 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 156
Splatting 118
44% 134 fps
Clevo(1558 6556) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
43.6% Average
Lighting 171
Reflection 143
Parallax 172
45% 162 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 156
Splatting 117
44% 133 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
42.2% Average
Lighting 153
Reflection 126
Parallax 133
40% 137 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 151
Splatting 116
42% 130 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4575
39.6% Below average
Lighting 156
Reflection 130
Parallax 157
41% 148 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 141
Splatting 109
40% 122 fps
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
39.2% Below average
Lighting 146
Reflection 128
Parallax 142
38% 139 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 140
Splatting 108
39% 120 fps
Acer(1025 1051) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4587
16.2% Very poor
Lighting 63.4
Reflection 51.2
Parallax 57.6
17% 57.4 fps
MRender 54.2
Gravity 55.5
Splatting 46.9
16% 52.2 fps
Acer(1025 1051) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87
13.5% Very poor
Lighting 59.8
Reflection 49.6
Parallax 49
16% 52.8 fps
MRender 15.4
Gravity 55.1
Splatting 44.3
14% 38.3 fps
Acer(1025 1051) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87
13.5% Very poor
Lighting 60.1
Reflection 49.3
Parallax 49.4
16% 52.9 fps
MRender 15.6
Gravity 54.9
Splatting 44.4
13% 38.3 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 28,506,348 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 11,539 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0708) 23% 40% ± 3%
Asus(1043 22DA) 18% 43% ± 4%
MSI(1462 1129) 9% 42% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0688) 6% 40% ± 3%
MSI(1462 1131) 4% 42% ± 3%
Dell(1028 0685) 4% 39% ± 4%
Acer(1025 105B) 3% 42% ± 3%
Acer(1025 1051) 3% 40% ± 5%
MSI(1462 1132) 2% 43% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 6556) 2% 43% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7502) 2% 43% ± 1%
Acer(1025 107D) 2% 42% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 7700) 2% 42% ± 2%
Clevo(1558 7500) 2% 43% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1171) 1% 44% ± 2%
MSI(1462 1157) 1% 42% ± 5%
Dell(1028 05AB) 1% 43% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6780) 1% 42% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 6781) 1% 43% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 B556) 1% 40% ± 7%
Asus(1043 157D) 1% 41% ± 4%
Microsoft(1414 0020) 1% 40% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 3756) 1% 43% ± 1%
Clevo(1558 0376) 1% 43% ± 2%
Dell(1028 05AA) 1% 44% ± 5%
Clevo(1558 5281) 1% 42% ± 0%
Acer(1025 107E) 1% 42% ± 0%
MSI(1462 110B) 0% 41% ± 1%
MSI(1462 112F) 0% 43% ± 2%
Dell(1028 0550) 0% 43% ± 3%
Dell(1028 15CD) 0% 36% ± 8%
Toshiba(1179 FB12) 0% 39% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AD) 0% 46% ± 3%
Dell(1028 05CD) 0% 42% ± 0%
Dell(1028 05AE) 0% 38% ± 0%
Dell(1028 057B) 0% 41% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 2556) 0% 41% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 4756) 0% 44% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 7702) 0% 43% ± 0%
MSI(1462 AF1C) 0% 42% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 110B) 0% 42% ± 0%
HP(103C 190A) 0% 28% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6541) 0% 43% ± 0%
Clevo(1558 6540) 0% 41% ± 0%
HP(103C 176C) 0% 41% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 C556) 0% 41% ± 0%
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Workstation 52%
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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 69%, 59,837 samples817x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 67%, 54,227 samples777x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 70%, 733 samples262x
GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 11,539 samples1,309x
SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 128%, 2,173 samples494x
X300s Non-Secure 128GBSanDiskBench 76%, 1,080 samples192x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung  $235Bench 176%, 5,139 samples164x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 21,509 samples358x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 12,724 samples239x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 22,143 samples233x
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 Comments

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USA-User
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1 month ago.

Funny how it's "...out of date," but still outperforms the new GTX 1650 in ALL categories, shy lighting which it loses by 8% (it stomps the 1650 everywhere else--by upwards of 29%). Great card--one of the most stable they've built.

BRA-User
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3,307

Good

10 months ago.

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

AUS-User
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2,766

Average

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.

DNK-User
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1,636

Good

3 months ago.

i got one in my laptop and it is king

RavenBailiff
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290

Average

11 months ago.

Out of date, even in mobile.

buttertoast1999
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Good

1 month ago.

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

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