GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q and GeForce GTX 980M SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
N17E-G2 Max-Q
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Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2017
October 2014
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
-
+
Boost clock speed
1265 - 1379 MHz
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
1101 - 1215 MHz
1038 MHz
Floating-point performance
5,648 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
2x 5200 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
3072
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
176.5
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Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
2x 8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
No outputs
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G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12_1
CUDA
6.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
6.4
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Optimus
-
+
VR Ready
+
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