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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB | GeForce 940MX 2GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 26% | 495% |
| Hitman 3 | 63% | 674% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 15% | 444% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 11% | 426% |
| FIFA 21 | 37% | 200% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 77% | 737% |
| Far Cry 6 | 82% | 761% |
| Genshin Impact | 26% | 495% |
| Battlefield 6 | 63% | 674% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 26% | 495% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB are massively better than the Nvidia GeForce 940MX 2GB.
The GeForce 940MX 2GB has a 84 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 980MX, but the GTX 980MX has 80 more Texture Mapping Units than the GeForce 940MX 2GB. As a result, the GTX 980MX exhibits a 81.1 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GeForce 940MX 2GB. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GeForce 940MX 2GB has a 84 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 980MX, but the GTX 980MX has 56 more Render Output Units than the GeForce 940MX 2GB. As a result, the GTX 980MX exhibits a 57.4 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GeForce 940MX 2GB. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 980MX was released less than a year after the GeForce 940MX 2GB, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
The GTX 980MX has 6144 MB more video memory than the GeForce 940MX 2GB, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 980MX also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 980MX has 144.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GeForce 940MX 2GB, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 980MX is massively better than the GeForce 940MX 2GB.
The GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB has 1664 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce 940MX 2GB has 384. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 980MX is 2534 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce 940MX 2GB is 644. The GTX 980MX having 1890 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 980MX delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GeForce 940MX 2GB.
The GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB requires 122 Watts to run and the GeForce 940MX 2GB requires 25 Watts. The GTX 980MX requires 97 Watts more than the GeForce 940MX 2GB to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 980MX may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GeForce 940MX 2GB.
| Core Speed | 1038 MHz | vs |  | 1122 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1128 MHz | vs | | 1242 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM204 | Maxwell GM108-N16S-GTR | |||
| OC Potential | None | vs |
| Poor | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 01 Jun 2016 | | vs | 01 Mar 2016 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | - | vs | |
7.4
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| 1600x900 | - | vs | |
5.7
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| 1920x1080 | 9.4
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vs | 4.2
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| 2560x1440 | - | vs | |
2.8
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| 3840x2160 | - | vs | |
1.9
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| Memory | 8192 MB | | vs | 2048 MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz | | vs | 1001 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 256 Bit | | vs | 64 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | DDR3 | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 160.4GB/sec | | vs | 16GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | |
2048 KB |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 1664 | | vs | 384 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | 31% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 104 | | vs | 24 | |
| Texture Rate | 108 GTexel/s | | vs | 26.9 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | | vs | 8 | |
| Pixel Rate | 66.4 GPixel/s | | vs | 9 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 122 Watts | vs | | 25 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | 12.0 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | no | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-6920HQ 4-Core 2.9GHz | vs | | Intel Core i5-6300HQ 2.3GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | 1366x768 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB is a High-End Mobile Graphics Card based on the First Revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB Features a GPU Codenamed GM204-??? which is a Second Gen Maxwell GPU and is identical to the GM204-200-A1 used on the Desktop GeForce GTX 970. It has 13 Stream Multiprocessors activated and offers 1664 Shader Processing Units, 104 TMUs and 64 ROPs. GPU The central unit runs at ????MHz and goes up to ????MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with fast GDDR5 and Accesses the Frame Buffer through a 256-bit Memory Interface. The Memory Clock Operates at 1250MHz. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 8GB. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 122W, it may only be used on Very Large Notebooks. Performance Product Not Released Yet. System Suggestions GeForce GTX 980MX 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a High-End Processor and 8GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview GeForce 940MX 2GB is a Middle-Class Mobile Graphics Card based on the Maxwell Architecture. Architecture GeForce 940MX 2GB Features a GPU Codenamed GM108-N16S-GTR which is a First Gen Maxwell GPU and is identical to the GM108-N16S-GT-S used on GeForce 940M but with the addition of GDDR5 Support. GM108-N16S-GTR has 3 Compute Units Unlocked and thus offers 384 Shader Processing Units, 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs. GPU The Central Unit is Clocked at 1122Hz and goes up to 1242MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with DDR3 and Accesses the Frame Buffer through a 64-bit Memory Interface. The Memory Clock Operates at 1001MHz. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 2GB. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 25W, it is suited for small and medium sized laptops. Performance Equipped with DDR3, GeForce GT 940MX is only slightly faster than GeForce GT 940M. System Suggestions GeForce 940MX 2GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1366x768. We Recommend a Middle-Class Processor and 8GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||