Mobile PCI Express Module

MXM slotMobile PCI Express Module

Reference design of a first generation MXM-II card for 35 mm GPU

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A Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) is an interconnect standard for GPUs (MXM Graphics Modules) in laptops using PCI Express created by MXM-SIG. The goal was to create a non-proprietary, industry standard socket, so one could easily upgrade the graphics processor in a laptop, without having to buy a whole new system or relying on proprietary vendor upgrades.

A GTX 780M GPU with MXM3 socket

Nvidia Quadro 3000M

## Contents

* 1 Generations
* 2 Specification
* 3 List of MXM cards
* 3.1 MXM 3.x cards
* 4 Other uses
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Generations

Smaller graphics modules can be inserted into larger slots, but type I and II heatsinks will not fit type III and above or vice versa.

The Alienware m5700 platform uses a heatsink that will fit Type I, II, & III cards without modification.

MXM 3.1 was released in March 2012 and added PCIe 3.0 support.[1][2]

First generation modules are not compatible with second generation (MXM 3) modules and vice versa. First generation modules I to IV are fully backwards compatible.

1st generation  MXM
Type | Width | Length | Pins | Module
Compatibility | Thermal
Compatibility | Max.
Power | Max.
GPU size [3]

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MXM-I | 70 mm | 68 mm | 230 | I | I | 18 W | 35 × 35 mm
MXM-II | 73 mm | 78 mm | 230 | I, II | II | 35 W | 35 × 35 mm
MXM-III (HE) | 82 mm | 100 mm | 230 (232) | I, II, III | I, II, III | 75 W | 40 × 40 mm
MXM-IV (Deprecated) | 82 mm | 117 mm | 230 | I, II, III, IV | I, II, III, IV |  |
2nd generation (MXM 3)  MXM
Type | Width | Length | Module
Compatibility | Thermal
Compatibility | Max.
Power | GPU
memory bus

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MXM-A | 82 mm | 70 mm | A | A | 55 W | 64-bit or 128-bit
MXM-B | 82 mm | 105 mm | A, B | A, B | 200 W | 256-bit

## Specification

MXM is no longer freely supplied by Nvidia but it is controlled by the MXM-SIG controlled by Nvidia. Only corporate clients are granted access to the standard. The MXM 2.1 specification is widely available.[citation needed]

## List of MXM cards

### MXM 3.x cards

Vendor  | Name  | Released  | MXM
Type  | GPU  | Architecture  | Core config[lower-alpha 1] | TFLOPS
(FP32)  | TDP  | Dimensions

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AMD  | FirePro M5800  | 2010-03  | Type-A  | Madison XT  | Terascale 2 | 400:20:8  | 0.52  | 026 W  | 080 × 070 mm
FirePro M5950  | 2011-01  | Whistler XT  | 480:24:8  | 0.69  | 035 W
FirePro M4000[4] | 2012-06  | Chelsea XT GL  | GCN 1  | 512:32:16  | 0.69  | 033 W
FirePro M5100  | 2013-10  | Venus XT  | 640:40:16  |  |
FirePro M6100  | Type-B  | Saturn XT GL  | GCN 2  | 768:48:16  |  |  | 082 × 105 mm
FirePro W5130M  | 2014-08  | Type-A  | Tropo LE  | GCN 1  | 512:32:16  | 1.0  | 035 W  | 080 × 070 mm
FirePro W5170M  | Tropo XT  | 640:40:16  | 1.1  | 045 W
FirePro W6150M  | 2015-11  | Type-B  | Saturn XT GL  | GCN 2  | 768:48:16  | 2.0  | 100 W  | 082 × 105 mm
FirePro S4000X  | 2014-08  | Type-A  | Venus XT  | GCN 1  | 640:40:16  | 1.0  | 045 W  | 080 × 070 mm
FirePro S7100X  | 2016-05  | Type-B  | Amethyst XT  | GCN 3  | 2048:128:32  | 3.0  | 100 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Radeon Pro WX 4130 Mobile  | 2017-03  | Type-A  | Baffin LE  | GCN 4  | 640:40:16  | 1.4  | 045 W  | 082 × 070 mm
Radeon Pro WX 4150 Mobile[5] | Baffin PRO  | 896:56:16  | 1.9
Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile  | Type-B  | Baffin XT  | 1024:64:16  | 2.5  | 060 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Radeon Embedded E6465  | 2015-10  | Type-A  | Caicos  | Terascale 2  | 60:8:4  | 0.2  | 028 W  | 080 × 070 mm
Radeon Embedded E8860  | Cape Verde XT  | GCN 1  | 640:40:16  | 0.8  | 037 W
Radeon Embedded E8870[6] | Type-B  | Bonaire Pro  | GCN 2  | 768:48:16  | 1.4  | 075 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Radeon Embedded E8950  | Tonga XT  | GCN 3  | 2048:128:32  | 3.0  | 95 W
Radeon Embedded E9172[7] | 2017-10  | Type-A  | Polaris 12 (Lexa)  | GCN 4  | 512:32:16  | 1.2  | 035 W  | 082 × 070 mm
Radeon Embedded E9174  | 512:32:16  | 1.2  | 50 W
Radeon Embedded E9260[8] | 2016-09  | Baffin PRO  | 896:56:16  | 2.2  | 050 W
Radeon Embedded E9550[9] | Type-B  | Ellesmere XT  | 2304:144:32  | 5.8  | 095 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Nvidia  | Tesla M6  | 2015-11  | Type-B  | GM204  | Maxwell  | 1536:96:48  | 3.0  | 100 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Quadro K610 Mobile  | 2013-07  | Type-A  | GK208  | Kepler  | 192:16:8  | 0.4  | 030 W  | 080 × 070 mm
Quadro K1100 Mobile  | GK107  | 384:32:16  | 0.5  | 045 W
Quadro K2100 Mobile  | GK106  | 576:48:16  | 0.7  | 055 W
Quadro K3100 Mobile  | Type-B  | GK104  | 768:64:32  | 1.1  | 075 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Quadro K5100 Mobile  | 1536:128:32  | 2.4  | 100 W
Quadro M520 Mobile[10] | 2017-01  | Type-A  | GM108  | Maxwell  | 384:16:8  | 0.8  | 025 W  | 080 × 070 mm
Quadro M620 Mobile[11] | GM107  | 512:32:16  | 1.0  | 030 W
Quadro M1000M Mobile  | 2015-08  | 512:32:16  | 1.0  | 040 W
Quadro M1200M Mobile[12] | 2017-01  | 640:40:16  | 1.4  | 045 W
Quadro M2000M Mobile  | 2015-12  | 640:40:16  | 1.4  | 055 W
Quadro M2200M Mobile[13] | 2017-01  | GM206  | 1024:64:32  | 2.1  | 055 W
Quadro M3000M Mobile  | 2015-08  | Type-B  | GM204  | 1024:64:32  | 2.1  | 075 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Quadro M4000M Mobile  | 1280:80:64  | 2.5  | 100 W
Quadro M5000M Mobile  | 1536:96:64  | 3.0  | 100 W
Quadro P1000 Mobile  | 2017-02  | Type-A  | GP107  | Pascal  | 512:32:16  | 1.6  | 040 W  | 080 × 070 mm
Quadro P2000 Mobile  | 2019-02  | GP106  | 1152:72:32  | 3.0  | 075 W
Quadro P3000 Mobile[14] | 2017-01  | Type-B  | GP104  | 1280:80:32  | 3.1  | 075 W  | 082 × 105 mm
Quadro P3200 Mobile  | 2018-02  | 1792:112:64  | 5.5  | 075 W
Quadro P4000 Mobile[15] | 2017-01  | 1792:112:64  | 4.4  | 100 W
Quadro P4200 Mobile  | 2018-02  | 2304:144:64  | 7.6  | 100 W
Quadro P5000 Mobile[16] | 2017-01  | 2048:128:64  | 6.2  | 100 W
Quadro P5200 Mobile  | 2018-02  | 2560:160:64  | 8.9  | 100 W
Quadro T1000 Mobile  | 2019-05  | Type-A  | TU117  | Turing  | 896:56:32  | 2.6  | 050 W  | 082 × 070 mm
GeForce GTX 965M[17] | 2016-01  | Type-A  | GM204  | Maxwell  | 1024:64:32  | 2.4  | 075 W  | 080 × 070 mm
GeForce GTX 965M  | 2014-10  | Type-B  | 1024:64:32  | 2.4  | 075 W  | 082 × 105 mm
GeForce GTX 970M  |  | 2.7  | 075 W
GeForce GTX 980M  |  | 3.2  | 100 W
GeForce GTX 980  | 2015-09  |  | 4.4  | 180 W  | 083 × 115 mm
GeForce GTX 980  |  | 200 W  | 102.6 × 115 mm
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile  | 2017-01  | Type-A  | GP107  | Pascal  | 640:60:16  | 1.9  | 75 W  | 082 × 070 mm
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile  | 768:48:2  | 2.4  | 75 W  | 082 × 070 mm
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile (Clevo)  | 2017-05  | Type-B  | GP106  |  | 4.4  | 100 W  | 100 × 124 mm
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile (MSI)  |  | 4.3  | 078 W  | 082 × 105 mm
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile (Clevo)  | GP104  |  | 6.7  | 150 W  | 100 × 124 mm
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile (MSI)  |  | 115 W  | 094 × 105 mm
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile (Clevo)  |  | 9.1  | 190 W  | 100 × 124 mm
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile "Type 1" (MSI GT73VR)  |  | 200 W  | Unknown
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile "Type 2" (MSI GT83)  |  | 150 W  | 094 × 105 mm
GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile (Clevo)  | 2019-01  | Type-B  | TU106  | Turing  |  | 4.6  | 80 W  | 100 × 124 mm
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile (Clevo)  |  | 6.6  | 115 W
GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile (Clevo)  | TU104  |  | 9.4  | 150 W
GeForce RTX 3000 Mobile  | 2019-05  | TU106  | 1920:120:64  | 5.3  | 80 W  | 082 × 105 mm
GeForce RTX 4000 Mobile  | TU104  | 2560:160:64  | 8.0  | 110 W
Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile  | 3072:192:64  | 10.9  | 110 W

## Other uses

VIA QSM-8Q90 Qseven computer-on-module using a MXM-2 connector

Congatec SMARC computer-on-module using MXM-3 connector

The Qseven computer-on-module form factor uses a MXM-II connector, while the SMARC computer-on-module form factor uses a MXM 3 connector. Both implementations are not in any way compatible with the MXM standard.[citation needed]

## Notes

1. ↑ Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units

## References

1. ↑ "MXM Standard 3.1 is the new one (Up from 3.0)" (in en-US). NotebookReview. http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/mxm-standard-3-1-is-the-new-one-up-from-3-0.650077/.
2. ↑ "MXM Graphics Module". http://www.mxm-sig.org/main.cfm?action=document&doc=2E5AD5E5-A858-B5C6-7A99960920654801.
3. ↑ Klaus Hinum (2012-05-26). "Notebook Video Card Upgrade / Replacement". Notebook Check. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Upgrade-Replace-a-Notebook-Video-Card.3236.0.html.
4. ↑ "AMD FirePro M4000" (in en). TechPowerUp. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/1677/firepro-m4000.
5. ↑ Radeon™ PRO WX 4150 (Mobile)
6. ↑ Processing Performance, Power Efficiency, and Cost Effectiveness AMD
7. ↑ Optimal Balance of Performance and Power Efficiency AMD
8. ↑ "AMD E9260". https://www.amd.com/Documents/high-performance-gpu-product-brief.pdf.
9. ↑ "AMD E9950". https://www.amd.com/Documents/ultra-high-performance-gpu-product-brief.pdf.
10. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2919/quadro-m520-mobile.
11. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2920/quadro-m620-mobile.
12. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2921/quadro-m1200-mobile.
13. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2922/quadro-m2200-mobile.
14. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2923/quadro-p3000-mobile.
15. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2924/quadro-p4000-mobile.
16. ↑ "TechPowerUp" (in en). https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2925/quadro-p5000-mobile.
17. ↑ "NotebookCheck" (in en). https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-965M-2016-Refresh-N16E-GR-Review.158192.0.html.

## External links

* MXM-SIG
* Nearly complete list of Acer laptops implementing MXM
* Initial MXM 3.0 technical brief
* 3.1 Electromechanical specification

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