NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
VS
GeForce GTX 980MX
NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
VS
GeForce GTX 980MX

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 RTX A3000 Mobile  vs  GeForce GTX 980MX.

56
Place in performance rating
not rated
Ampere
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
12 April 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
1 June 2016 (5 years ago)
GA104
GPU code name
GM204
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile  vs  GeForce GTX 980MX 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.

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Core clock speed
1050 MHz
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
237.6
Texture fill rate
122.5
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Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
4096
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
1560 MHz
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
17,400 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
115 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
148 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile and GeForce GTX 980MX come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
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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 RTX A3000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 980MX.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
6 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
11000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
336.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile vs GeForce GTX 980MX.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

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

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CUDA
5.2

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile and GeForce GTX 980MX 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. 

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DirectX
12 (12_1)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile and GeForce GTX 980MX 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 RTX A3000 Mobile or GeForce GTX 980MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
GeForce GTX 980MX
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
GeForce GTX 980MX
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
GeForce GTX 980MX
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
GeForce GTX 980MX
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
GeForce GTX 980MX
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 RTX A3000 Mobile

56.31% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

More memory bandwidth (336.0 GB/s vs 192.0 GB/s)

Advantages of GeForce GTX 980MX

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 6 GB)

So, NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile or GeForce GTX 980MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile .

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile versus GeForce GTX 980MX performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.3 Out of 30 Hitesti Score
4.1 Out of 14 Hitesti Score