GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce RTX 2080 Super - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
-
Turing TU104
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
July 2019
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1038 MHz
1815 MHz
Core clock speed
924 MHz
1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
13,600 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
3072
Power consumption (TDP)
162 Watt
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
348.5
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x 6 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
2x 192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
15500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
495.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
-
+
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 Ultimate (12_1)
CUDA
+
7.5
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
-
1.2.131
Optimus
+
-
VR Ready
-
+