GeForce GTX 980 mobile vs Quadro T1000 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Quadro T1000 mobile, 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 T1000 mobile, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Quadro T1000 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Quadro T1000 mobile are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Quadro T1000 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 mobile Quadro T1000 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 100-200 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile has 100% more power consumption, than Quadro T1000 mobile.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro T1000 mobile uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile and Quadro T1000 mobile have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is used in Laptops, and Quadro T1000 mobile - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro T1000 mobile - with Turing.
  • GeForce GTX 980 mobile is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro T1000 mobile - by 12 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro T1000 mobile is 7993 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 980 mobile.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 50−55 40−45
ultra / 1080p 35−40 27−30
QHD / 1440p 27−30 21−24
4K / 2160p 14−16 12−14
low / 720p 75−80 65−70
medium / 1080p 60−65 50−55
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 980 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 21% more, than Quadro T1000 mobile.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 980 mobile Quadro T1000 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Turing
Code name N16E-GXX N19P-Q1
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 22 September 2014 27 May 2019
Pipelines 2048 768
Core clock speed 1395 MHz
Boost Clock 1216 MHz 1455 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 12 nm
Texture fill rate 144 billion/sec 69.84
Floating-point performance 4,358 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.5
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA + 7.5
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 medium sized
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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