GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1127 MHz
TDP
—
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2014
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
CORE STATE
GA106
VRAM
6 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1425 MHz
TDP
80 W
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 980M
RTX 3060 Mobile
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
3,840
+150.0%
Shaders
1,536
3,840
+150.0%
TMUs
96
120
+25.0%
ROPs
64
48
-25.0%
SM Count
—
30
Clocks
Base Clock
1038 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
1127 MHz
1425 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
6,144
-25.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
256 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
160.4 GB/s
336.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
3 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
72.13 GPixel/s
68.40 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
108.2 GTexel/s
171.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.462 TFLOPS
10.94 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
108.2 GFLOPS (1:32)
171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
30
Tensor Cores
—
120
Power
TDP
—
80 W
TDP (W)
—
80
Power Connectors
None
None
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
GM204
GA106
Generation
GeForce 900M
GeForce 30 Mobile
Process Size
28 nm
8 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
12,000 million
Die Size
398 mm²
276 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
13.1M / mm²
43.5M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
MXM Module
—
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 800M
GeForce 20 Mobile
Successor
GeForce 10 Mobile
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