NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

193
Place in performance rating
773
29.35
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
G9x
GM204
Code name
G92
Laptop
Type
Laptop
7 October 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
$583
Price now
$111
9.31
Value for money
0.27
GM204
GPU code name
N10E-GTX1
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
128
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
576 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
5,200 million
Transistor count
754 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
51.84
Texture fill rate
38 billion/sec
3,462 gflops
Floating-point performance
384.0 gflops
1536
CUDA cores
128
no data
Gigaflops
576
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
1127 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
5,200 million
Number of transistors
754 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
2-way
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
no data
MXM Type
MXM 3.0 Type-B

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
160 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
61 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Single Link DVIVGALVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPort
+
G-SYNC support
no data
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
+
HDMI
+
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
+
DSR
no data
no data
HybridPower
+
no data
Power management
8.0

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
4.5
OpenGL
2.1
1.1.126
Vulkan
N/A
6.4
Shader Model
4.0
1.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

31.07% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (160 GB/s vs 61 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M

Cheaper ($111 vs $583)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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