NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM204GPU NameGK104
N16E-GXX-A1Model numberGK104-400-A2
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureKepler
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
5,200 millionTransistors3,540 million
398 mm²Die Size294 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 21st, 2015Release DateApr 3rd, 2013
GeForce 900MFamilyGeForce 600
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 800MPredecessorGeForce 500
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size2 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
224.4 GB/sBandwidth192.3 GB/s

Performance

68.10 GPixel/sPixel fillrate33.86 GPixel/s
136.2 GTexel/sTexture fillrate135.4 GTexel/s
4.358 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance3.250 TFLOPS
136.2 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance135.4 GFLOPS (1:24)

Clock Speeds

1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1502 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

2048Shading Units1536
128TMUs128
64ROPs32
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per SMX)
2 MBL2 Cache512 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthDual-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)195 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
NonePower Connectors2x 6-pin

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.1Vulkan1.1
6.4Shader Model5.1
5.2CUDA3.0