NVIDIA GeForce 820M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce 820M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 820M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

850
Place in performance rating
107
no data
Value for money (0-100)
56.16
Fermi
Architecture
Maxwell
GF117
Code name
GM204
Laptop
Type
Laptop
7 January 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
22 September 2014 (7 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$395.82
$490
Price now
$251 (0.6x MSRP)
0.05
Value for money
46.98
N15V-GM
GPU code name
N16E-GXX
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 820M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

96
Pipelines
2048
775 MHz
Core clock speed
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no data
Boost Clock
1216 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100-200 Watt
10.00
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
240.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,358 gflops
no data
CUDA cores
2048
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
no data
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100-200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 820M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+
PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 820M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

No outputs
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
no data
Multi monitor support
4 displays
no data
HDCP
+
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
no data
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
no data
HDMI
+
no data
VGA аnalog display support
+
no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
3D Vision
+
2.0
GPU Boost
2.0
+
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
+
Optimus
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GameWorks
+
no data
BatteryBoost
+
no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Verde Drivers
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 820M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
N/A
Vulkan
1.1.126
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 820M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 820M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 820M

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 100-200 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

48.4% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($251 (0.6x MSRP) vs $490)

More pipelines (2048 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (224 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce 820M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce 820M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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User rating

3.8 Out of 66 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 5 Hitesti Score