GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 980M SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1080
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2016
October 2014
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
8-pin
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SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1733 MHz
1127 MHz
Core clock speed
1607 MHz
1038 MHz
CUDA cores
2560
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Floating-point performance
8,873 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
2x 5200 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
3072
Power consumption (TDP)
180 Watt
200 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
94 °C
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Texture fill rate
277.3
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Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
2x 8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed
10 GB/s
5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
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Multi monitor support
+
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HDMI
+
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G-SYNC support
+
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
12_1
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.5
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Shader Model
6.4
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Vulkan
1.2.131
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Ansel
+
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GPU Boost
3.0
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Optimus
-
+
VR Ready
+
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