GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 7900 GT - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
GeForce 7900 GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N16E-GXX SLI
G71
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
September 2015
March 2006
Interface
-
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 6-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1228 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1126 MHz
450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
10400 Million
278 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
-
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
48 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
10.80
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3500 MHz
1320 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
42.24 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12_1
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
-
N/A
OpenGL
-
2.1
Shader Model
-
3.0
Vulkan
-
N/A