GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 9600 GT - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
GeForce 9600 GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N16E-GXX SLI
G94
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
September 2015
February 2008
Bus support
-
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
-
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1228 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1126 MHz
650 MHz
CUDA cores
-
64
Floating-point performance
-
208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
10400 Million
505 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
64
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
96 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
-
20.8 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3500 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
57.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12_1
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
-
1.1
OpenGL
-
2.1
Shader Model
-
4.0
Vulkan
-
N/A