GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 8700M GT SLI - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Architecture

Maxwell (2014−2018)

G8x (2007−2008)

GPU code name

N16E-GXX SLI

NB8E-SE

Market segment

Laptop

Laptop

Release date

September 2015

September 2007

SLI options

+

-

Boost clock speed

1228 MHz

-

Core clock speed

1126 MHz

625 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

80 nm

Number of transistors

10400 Million

578 Million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

4096

64

Power consumption (TDP)

330 Watt

58 Watt

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR3

Maximum RAM amount

2x 8 GB

1 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

3500 MHz

800 MHz

Shared memory

-

-

G-SYNC support

+

-

DirectX

12_1

10

CUDA

+

-