Mobile PCI Express Module

Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) is an interconnect standard for GPUs (MXM Graphics Modules) in
MXM slot
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 Mobile PCI Express Module
system or relying on proprietary vendor upgrades.

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.

Dell's 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. Reference design of a first generation MXM-II
card for 35 mm GPU
Some MXM cards have different mounting screw hole configurations, always check the mounting holes of
the MXM card and verify that they match those of the card you plan to upgrade to. No. of devices 1
Style Serial
1st generation
External interface no
Max.
MXM Module Thermal Max. GPU
Width Length Connector
Type Compatibility Compatibility Power
size [3]
70
MXM-I 68 mm I 18 W
mm 35 ×
I, II
73 Standard 230 35 mm
MXM-II 78 mm I, II 35 W
mm

MXM- 100 I, II, III III 45 W

III 82 mm HE I, II, III, III (HE) III, III (HE) 40 x 40
mm 75 W mm
MXM- 117 232 I, II, III, III (HE),
III, III (HE), IV
IV* mm IV

*Deprecated/abandoned, became/replaced by MXM-III (HE)

A rare photo of a MXM-IV
2nd generation (MXM 3) graphics card (GeForce Go
7950 GTX)
MXM Module Thermal Max. Slot GPU
Width Length
Type Compatibility Compatibility Power memory bus
MXM-A 70 mm A A 55 W 64-bit or 128-bit
82 mm
MXM-B 105 mm A, B A, B 200 W*
256-bit
MXM-B+ Not Public Not Public Not Public Not Public Not Public

*Although the slot can deliver 200 watts, it will run dangerously hot, separate power cable always used at high wattages.

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.
A GTX 780M GPU with
MXM3 socket
List of MXM cards

First generation MXM cards

MXM Core TFLOPS

Vendor Name Released Type GPU Architecture config (FP32) TDP Dimensions

Radeon
HD 0.36
6530M Capilano
26
Radeon 0.48 W
AMD HD 2010-11 MXM-II TeraScale 2 400:20:8 73 x 78 mm
6550M Lexington

Radeon 0.52
30
HD Capilano
W
6570M
Mobility
Radeon 2006-03 M58 12:8:12:12
X1800 Ultra-
82 x 100
MXM-III Threaded
Mobility mm
SE
Radeon 2007-01 M68 36:8:12:12
X1900

Mobility
Radeon
0.12
HD
2600
2007-05 M76 120:8:4
Mobility
Radeon
0.16
HD
2600 XT

Radeon 25
2007-06 RV610 40:4:4 0.05
E2400 W
Mobility
Radeon 35
2007-07 M76
HD W
2700
0.16
Mobility
Radeon 30
120:8:4
HD W
3670
M86
Mobility
Radeon
0.12
HD
3650
2008-01
Mobility
ATI Radeon
0.05
HD
3470

Mobility MXM-II TeraScale 73 x 78 mm

Radeon
HD
3450
M82 40:4:4 0.04
Mobility
Radeon 12
HD W
3430
2008-07
Mobility
Radeon
0.03 7W
HD
3410

Mobility
Radeon
0.11
HD
4570
2009-01 M92 80:8:4
Mobility
Radeon
0.08
HD
4530
Radeon
30
E4690 2009-06 M96 320:32:8 0.38
W
MXM

Mobility
Radeon
2010 M93 80:8:4 0.09
HD
4550

Nvidia GeForce 2005-09 MXM-I NV43 Curie 8:3:8:4 70 x 68 mm

Go 6600
NPB
128M

GeForce
11
8400M 2007-05 G86S 16:8:4 0.03
W
GS
GeForce
13
9300M 2008-06
W
GS
Tesla
Quadro
10
NVS G98S 8:4:4 0.02
W
150M
2008-08
Quadro
12
NVS
W
160M
Quadro
25
FX Go 2004-08 4:3:8:4
W
540 MXM-II NV43 73 x 78 mm
GeForce
2005-09 8:3:8:4
Go 6600

Quadro Curie
45 82 x 100
FX MXM-III
W mm
1500M
2006-04 G71 20:7:20:16
GeForce
20
Go 7900
W
GS

GeForce
8600M G86 16:8:4 0.03
GS
2006-05
GeForce
20
8600M G84 0.06
W
GT
73 x 78 mm
GeForce
9600M 0.07
GS
2008-06 G96C
GeForce
23
9600M 32:16:8 0.08
W
GT

GeForce
45
9700M 2008-07 G96 0.1
W
GT
Tesla
GeForce
23 OEM
9650M G96C 0.09
W Custom
GT
MXM-II
Quadro
20
FX 2008-08 G98S 8:4:4 0.02
W
370M

Quadro
35
FX 0.08
W
770M
G96
Quadro
45
FX 2008-10 0.1 73 x 78 mm
W
1700M
32:16:8
GeForce
14
GT G96C 0.09
W
220M
2009-06
GeForce
23
GT GT216 0.05
W
320M

GeForce
28
GTS Tesla 2.0 0.21
W
350M OEM
2010-01 GT215 96:32:8
GeForce Custom
38
GTS 0.25
W
360M
GeForce Curie 45 82 x 100
2004-11 12:5:12:8
Go 6800 W mm

Quadro NV41
FX Go 2005-02 8:5:8:8
MXM-III
1400

Quadro
45
FX 2005-09 G71 24:8:24:16
W
2500M
Quadro
10
NVS 2006-06 MXM-II G72B 4:3:4:2
W
120M

GeForce MXM-III G71 24:8:24:16 45

Go 7950 2006-10 0.14 W
GTX
Quadro
FX 2007-03
3500M
Quadro
50
FX
W
1600M
0.08
GeForce
29
8700M 2007-06 G84 32:16:8
W
GT

Quadro
20
NVS 0.07
W
320M
GeForce
50
8800M 64:32:16 0.16
W
GTS
2007-11
GeForce
65
8800M G92 96:48:16 0.24
W
GTX

Quadro 64:32:16 70
FX 2008-02 0.16
W
3600M 96:48:16
MXM-III (HE) Tesla
Quadro
65
FX 48:24:16 0.13
W
2700M
G94
GeForce
9800M 2008-08 64:32:16 0.19
GTS 75
Quadro W
FX 128:64:16 0.35
3700M
GeForce
65
9800M 96:48:16 0.24
W
GT
2008-07 G92
GeForce
9800M 112:56:16 0.28
GTX 75
GeForce W
GTX 2009-03 128:64:16 0.38
280M
GeForce
45 82 x 117
Go 7950 2006-10 MXM-IV G71 Curie 24:8:24:16 0.14
W mm
GTX
Second generation MXM cards

MXM Core TFLOPS

Vendor Name Released GPU Architecture TDP Dimensions
Type config[a] (FP32)

26
FirePro M5800 2010-03 Madison XT 400:20:8 0.52
W
Terascale 2
35
FirePro M5950 2011-01 Type- Whistler XT 480:24:8 0.69
W 80 × 70 mm
A
[4] 33
FirePro M4000 2012-06 Chelsea XT GL 512:32:16 0.69
GCN 1 W
FirePro M5100 Venus XT 640:40:16 1.0 45 W
2013-10 Type- 100
FirePro M6100 Saturn XT GL GCN 2 768:48:16 1.7 82 × 105 mm
B W

35
FirePro W5130M Tropo LE 512:32:16 1.0
Type- W
2014-08 GCN 1 80 × 70 mm
A 45
FirePro W5170M Tropo XT 640:40:16 1.1
W

Type- 100
FirePro W6150M 2015-11 Saturn XT GL GCN 2 768:48:16 2.0 82 × 105 mm
B W

Type- 45
FirePro S4000X 2014-08 Venus XT GCN 1 640:40:16 1.0 80 × 70 mm
A W
Type- 100
FirePro S7100X 2016-05 Amethyst XT GCN 3 2048:128:32 3.0 82 × 105 mm
B W

Radeon Pro WX 4130 Mobile Baffin LE 640:40:16 1.4

Type- 45
82 × 70 mm
A W
Radeon Pro WX 4150 Mobile[5] 2017-03
Baffin PRO
GCN 4
896:56:16 1.9

Type- 60
Radeon Pro WX 4170 Mobile Baffin XT 1024:64:16 2.5 82 × 105 mm
B W
AMD 28
Radeon Embedded E6465 Caicos TeraScale 2 60:8:4 0.2
Type- W
80 × 70 mm
A 37
Radeon Embedded E8860 Cape Verde XT GCN 1 640:40:16 0.8
2015-10 W

75
Radeon Embedded E8870[6] Type- Bonaire Pro GCN 2 768:48:16 1.4
W 82 × 105 mm
B
Radeon Embedded E8950 Tonga XT GCN 3 2048:128:32 3.0 95 W

35
Radeon Embedded E9172[7] Polaris 12 1.2
W
2017-10 512:32:16
Type- (Lexa)
Radeon Embedded E9174 1.2 50 W 82 × 70 mm
A
50
Radeon Embedded E9260[8] Baffin PRO 896:56:16 2.2
W
2016-09
Type- GCN 4 95
Radeon Embedded E9550[9] B
Ellesmere XT 2304:144:32 5.8
W
82 × 105 mm

Type-
Radeon RX 550 512SP 2017-10 Baffin 512:32:16 1.1 50 W 82 x 70 mm
A
Radeon RX 580 2048SP 2018-10 2048:144:32 5.3 120
Polaris 20
Radeon RX 580 2017-04 2304:144:32 6.2 W

105
Radeon RX 5500 XT 2019-12 Navi 14 RDNA 1 1408:88:32 5.2
Type- W
82 x 105 mm
B
132
Radeon RX 6600 2021-10 1792:112:64 8.9
W
Navi 23 RDNA 2
160
Radeon RX 6600 XT 2021-07 2048:128:64 10.6
W

MXM-AXe (Arc A350E) 768:48:24 3.4 25 W

MXM-AXe (Arc A370E ) 1024:64:32 4.2 35 W
2022-03 Type-
Arc A350M DG2-128 768:48:24 3.4 25 W 82 x 70 mm
A
Arc A370M 4.2
1024:64:32 35 W
Arc A380M 2023-01 4.1
Generation
Intel
Arc A530M 12.7 1536:96:48 4.0
2023-08 DG2-256 95 W
Arc A570M 2048:128:64 5.3
Type- 120
Arc A730M B 3072:192:96 12.6
W
2022 DG2-512 82 × 105 mm
150
Arc A770M 4096:256:128 13.5
W
Nvidia Type- 100
Tesla M6 2015-11 GM204 Maxwell 2.0 1536:96:48 3.0
B W

2013-07 Type- Kepler 30 80 × 70 mm

Quadro K610 Mobile GK208 192:16:8 0.4
A W

45
Quadro K1100 Mobile GK107 384:32:16 0.5
W
 55
Quadro K2100 Mobile GK106 576:48:16 0.7
W
75
Quadro K3100 Mobile 768:64:32 1.1
Type- W
GK104 82 × 105 mm
B 100
Quadro K5100 Mobile 1536:128:32 2.4
W

25
Quadro M520 Mobile[10] GM108 384:16:8 0.8
W
2017-01
30
Quadro M620 Mobile[11] 1.0
W
512:32:16
40
Quadro M1000M Mobile 2015-08 Maxwell 1.0
Type- W
GM107 80 × 70 mm
A 45
Quadro M1200M Mobile[12] 2017-01 1.4
W
640:40:16
55
Quadro M2000M Mobile 2015-12 1.4
W

55
Quadro M2200M Mobile[13] 2017-01 GM206 2.1
W
1024:64:32
75
Quadro M3000M Mobile 2.1
W
Maxwell 2.0
Type- 100
Quadro M4000M Mobile 2015-08 GM204 1280:80:64 2.5 82 × 105 mm
B W

100
Quadro M5000M Mobile 1536:96:64 3.0
W

40
Quadro P1000 Mobile 2017-02 GP107 512:32:16 1.6
Type- W
80 × 70 mm
A 75
Quadro P2000 Mobile 2019-02 GP106 1152:72:32 3.0
W

75
Quadro P3000 Mobile[14] 2017-01 1280:80:32 3.1
W

75
Quadro P3200 Mobile 2018-02 5.5
W
Pascal 1792:112:64
100
Quadro P4000 Mobile[15] 2017-01 4.4
W
Type-
GP104 82 × 105 mm
B 100
Quadro P4200 Mobile 2018-02 2304:144:64 7.6
W

100
Quadro P5000 Mobile[16] 2017-01 2048:128:64 6.2
W
100
Quadro P5200 Mobile 2018-02 2560:160:64 8.9
W

Type- 50
Quadro T1000 Mobile 2019-05 TU117 Turing 896:56:32 2.6 82 × 70 mm
A W

Type- 75
GeForce GTX 965M[17] 2016-01
A
2.4
W
80 × 70 mm
1024:64:32
75
GeForce GTX 965M 2.4
W

75
GeForce GTX 970M 2014-10 1280:80:48 2.7 82 × 105 mm
W
GM204 Maxwell 2.0
Type- 100
GeForce GTX 980M 1536:96:64 3.2
B W
148
GeForce GTX 980MX 2016-06 1664:104:64 3.9 83 × 115 mm
W

200 102.6 ×
GeForce GTX 980 2015-09 2048:128:64 4.7
W 115 mm

GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile Type- 640:60:16 1.9 75 W 82 × 70 mm

2017-01 GP107
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile A 768:48:2 2.4 75 W 82 × 70 mm

100
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile "P872L" 4.4 100 × 124 mm
W
GP106 1280:80:48
78
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 4.3 82 × 105 mm
W
150
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile "P872L" 100 × 124 mm
W
Pascal 2048:128:64 6.7
Type- 120
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile 2017-05 82 × 105 mm
B W
190
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile "P872L" GP104 100 × 124 mm
W

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile "P870L" (MSI 200

2560:160:64 9.1
GT73VR) W

GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile "V1.0" (MSI 150

94 × 105 mm
GT83) W
 GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile (Clevo) 1920:120:48 4.6 80 W
TU106 115
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile (Clevo) 2304:144:64 6.6
2019-01 W 100 × 124 mm

150
GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile (Clevo) TU104 2944:184:64 9.4
Type- W
Turing
GeForce RTX 3000 Mobile B TU106 1920:120:64 5.3 80 W
110
GeForce RTX 4000 Mobile 2560:160:64 8.0
2019-05 W 82 × 105 mm
TU104
110
Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile 3072:192:64 10.9
W

GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 2048:64:32 5.5

2021-05 GA107 85 W
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 5.3
2560:80:32
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 2022-01 9.1 90 W

135
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile Type- GA106 3840:120:48 10.9
Ampere W 82 x 105 mm
2021-01 B
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 3584:112:48 12.7 90 W

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 5120:160:80 16.0

150
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 2022-01 GA104 5888:184:96 16.6
W
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 2021-01 6144:192:96 19.0

100
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 2560:80:48 9.0
Type- W
2023-01 AD107 82 x 70 mm
A 110
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 3072:96:48 11.6
W
Ada Lovelace
130
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile AD104 7424:232:80 24.7
Type- W
82 x 105 mm
B 135
GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile AD103 9728:304:112 33
W

Other uses
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.

Notes
a. Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units

References
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cfm?action=document&doc=2E5AD5E5-A858-B5C6-7A99960920654801). [Link]. module using a MXM-2 connector
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NotebookCheck. Retrieved 2022-06-05.

External links
MXM-SIG ([Link]
Nearly complete list of Acer laptops implementing MXM ([Link]
Initial MXM 3.0 technical brief ([Link]
C301BCF5633572)
3.1 Electromechanical specification ([Link]
ecification_v31_r10.pdf)

Retrieved from "[Link]