GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 980M vs 880M among Laptop GPUs

Gaming

GeForce GTX 980M
8.8
GeForce GTX 880M
7.6
GeForce GTX 970M
8.0
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

GeForce GTX 980M
9.5
GeForce GTX 880M
9.2
GeForce GTX 970M
9.3
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

GeForce GTX 980M
9.6
GeForce GTX 880M
7.7
GeForce GTX 970M
8.7
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 980M
n.d.
GeForce GTX 880M
4.9
GeForce GTX 970M
n.d.
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

GeForce GTX 980M
2.5
GeForce GTX 880M
1.3
GeForce GTX 970M
3.0
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 980M
n.d.
GeForce GTX 880M
7.7
GeForce GTX 970M
n.d.
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
8

Overall Score

GeForce GTX 980M
8.0
GeForce GTX 880M
6.6
GeForce GTX 970M
7.6

Winner
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of GeForce GTX 980M

Reasons to consider the
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Much better PassMark score 5,711 vs 3,577 Around 60% better PassMark score
Much better 3DMark 11 graphics score 26,811 vs 8,212 More than 3.2x better 3DMark 11 graphics score
Better 3DMark vantage graphics score 34,695 vs 29,582 More than 15% better 3DMark vantage graphics score
Significantly higher pixel rate 66.4 GPixel/s vs 30.53 GPixel/s Around 2.2x higher pixel rate
Higher clock speed 1,038 MHz vs 954 MHz Around 10% higher clock speed
Significantly more render output processors 64 vs 32 Twice as many render output processors
Much higher crysis 3 framerate 43.25 fps vs 33.2 fps More than 30% higher crysis 3 framerate
Significantly better PassMark direct compute score 3,460 vs 2,344 Around 50% better PassMark direct compute score
Significantly higher BioShock infinite framerate 90.9 fps vs 65.6 fps Around 40% higher BioShock infinite framerate
Significantly higher bioshock infinite framerate 89.9 vs 65.6 More than 35% higher bioshock infinite framerate
Higher turbo clock speed 1,127 MHz vs 993 MHz Around 15% higher turbo clock speed
Better fire strike factor score 70.8 vs 51.88 More than 35% better fire strike factor score
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Higher texture rate 122.1 GTexel/s vs 99.6 GTexel/s Around 25% higher texture rate
More texture mapping units 128 vs 96 32 more texture mapping units
Slightly better T-Rex score 3,359.5 vs 3,358.56 Almost the same

Benchmarks Real world tests of GeForce GTX 980M vs 880M

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 980M
384.62 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 880M
82.51 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 980M
92.63 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 880M
41.2 mPixels/s

T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 980M
3,358.56
GeForce GTX 880M
3,359.5

Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 980M
3,718.44
GeForce GTX 880M
3,715.14

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 980M
70.8
GeForce GTX 880M
51.88

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 980M
425.96
GeForce GTX 880M
351.61

Thief

GeForce GTX 980M
61.85
GeForce GTX 880M
40.15

Battlefield 4

GeForce GTX 980M
71.7
GeForce GTX 880M
46.2

Comments

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C337Skymaster (01:58 PM, July 5, 2017)
I'm curious to know if the 880M and 980M are cross-compatible across all motherboards. I've got Dell about to upgrade me from an 880M to a 980M because of overheating failure issues with the 880M, but they claim that my motherboard is not compatible with the 980M and they need to send it to a service facility to make the exchange... Alienware 17 R1 (R5). I purchased that computer about a year out-of-date specifically BECAUSE it still had card slots, instead of soldered GPUs, and so that I would be able to upgrade the hardware once a few new versions came out and the price came down, so I'm not understanding how it's "not compatible".
Handydagger (10:17 AM, November 17, 2015)
I was to ask same question I own Laptop with gtx880m SLI I believe we should wait for pascal Not much differences between 880m and 980m if you put in mind the money you will invest not less than 2000 $ for cards alone in SLI mode
Nighthawk (09:44 AM, March 27, 2015)
And what if you have a double gtx880m vs gtx980m?
asdasd (04:36 AM, January 6, 2015)
Holy shit i just died
Mike Dunning (05:19 AM, November 3, 2014)
Of course you don't "think" because you don't know. Do some research (I.e. Google). Im tired of people being pessimistic. I bet you don't "think" you can overclock your ram too, huh? SMDH
derder1167 (09:12 PM, November 2, 2014)
Overclocking a screen? I dont think thats even possible.
Mike Dunning (02:58 PM, October 27, 2014)
Of course you can overclock your monitor if the panel is capable of higher refresh rates. I never said overclocking your GPU will increase monitor refresh rate.
αLone (12:23 AM, October 27, 2014)
Overclock a screen ?? Overclocking the graphics card will not increase monitor refreshing rate.
Tom (08:03 PM, October 24, 2014)
funny bc my laptop screen is 120 hz....
Mike Dunning (04:53 AM, October 19, 2014)
Do your research please. Even if they dont, you can overclock most of them.
John Smith (04:09 AM, October 15, 2014)
That is not true at all. A lot of the Asus and Alienware products have 120 Hz monitors
Kourosh (07:05 AM, October 13, 2014)
that dosnt matter becase laptops screens dosnt support more than 60fps
greamerz (05:23 AM, October 11, 2014)
putang ina mo gtx 980m de best im runnig bf4 with 100+ fps ultra
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