GeForce GTX 960 and GeForce 9800M GTX SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 960
GeForce 9800M GTX SLI
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
GM206
NB9E-GTX
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2015
July 2008
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1127 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
1024
-
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
2,940 million
3016 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
224
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
150 Watt
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
-
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
10
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
-
OpenGL
4.4
-
Shader Model
6.4
-
Vulkan
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-