GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce GTX 965M SLI - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

GeForce GTX 965M SLI

Architecture

Maxwell (2014−2018)

Maxwell (2014−2018)

GPU code name

N16E-GXX SLI

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Market segment

Laptop

Laptop

Release date

September 2015

January 2015

SLI options

+

+

Boost clock speed

1228 MHz

950 MHz

Core clock speed

1126 MHz

924 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

28 nm

Number of transistors

10400 Million

2x 5200 Million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

4096

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

330 Watt

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Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

2x 8 GB

2x 4 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

3500 MHz

5000 MHz

Shared memory

-

-

G-SYNC support

+

-

DirectX

12_1

12_1

CUDA

+

+

Optimus

-

+