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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M is a graphics card released on October 7, 2014, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, 160.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 7,398 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

MaxwellGM204

8/10 key specs recorded · 31 facts

Depth: 35 recorded fields, 5 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5 · 256-bit

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

100 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M scores 7,398 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #395), measured across 2,891 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 494.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,398

Rank #395
Faster than 85.4% of 2,658 GPUs
2,891 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 125 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 80% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 36 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 70.6% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 57 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 73.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 31 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 67.4% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,842 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 72.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M averages DirectX 9 125 fps, DirectX 10 36 fps, DirectX 11 57 fps, DirectX 12 31 fps and GPU Compute 2,842 ops/s, across 2,891 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 1038 MHz

Memory clock 1253 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 100 W

First benchmarked 2014-10-16

Samples 2,891

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 1038 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2014-10-16. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM204

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM204 graphics processor.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 160.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 160.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M has a board power rating of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 100 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched October 7, 2014

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GTX

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M was released on October 7, 2014.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,398

PassMark G2D 494

Rank #395

Samples 2,891

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_1), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL 1.2.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_1)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 1.2

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M.

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M provides hardware decode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware decode for HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 1st Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Not stated by the vendor	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported
AV1	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M: NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (1st Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GTX 980M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GTX 980M; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 160.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M has a board power rating of 100 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M scores 7,398 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #395. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 31 fps.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M was released on October 7, 2014.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Maxwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GM204 -> Maxwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

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