GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
N16E-GXX SLI
N17E-G3 Max-Q
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
September 2015
May 2017
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1228 MHz
1278 - 1468 MHz
Core clock speed
1126 MHz
1101 - 1290 MHz
Floating-point performance
-
7,516 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
10400 Million
7,200 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
90 - 110 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
234.9
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3500 MHz
10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
320.3 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
G-SYNC support
+
+
DirectX
12_1
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
-
1.2.131
VR Ready
-
+