GeForce GTX 980 mobile vs Quadro P5000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Quadro P5000, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 980 mobile stacks up against Quadro P5000, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 980 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 980 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 980 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 mobile Quadro P5000
Power consumption (TDP) 100-200 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro P5000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro P5000 has 12 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is used in Laptops, and Quadro P5000 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P5000 - with Pascal.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P5000 - by 16 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P5000 is 9009 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 55−60
ultra / 1080p 35−40 40−45
QHD / 1440p 27−30 30−35
4K / 2160p 14−16 18−20
low / 720p 75−80 85−90
medium / 1080p 60−65 65−70
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 13% more, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 mobile Quadro P5000
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name N16E-GXX GP104
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 22 September 2014 1 October 2016
Pipelines 2048 2048
Core clock speed 1607 MHz
Boost Clock 1216 MHz 1733 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 16 nm
Texture fill rate 144 billion/sec 277.3
Floating-point performance 4,358 gflops 8,873 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 9016 MHz
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 192 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA + 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.53 kh/s
CUDA cores 2048
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDMI +
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus + +
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Display Port 1.4
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
3D Stereo +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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