GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 950 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
GeForce GTX 950
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
N16E-GXX SLI
GM206
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
September 2015
August 2015
Bus support
-
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1228 MHz
1188 MHz
Core clock speed
1126 MHz
1024 MHz
CUDA cores
-
768
Floating-point performance
-
1,825 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
10400 Million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
768
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
90 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
49.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
3500 MHz
6.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
105.6 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
HDMI
-
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12_1
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.5
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
-
1.1.126
GameStream
-
+
GameWorks
-
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
-
+
GPU Boost
-
2.0