GeForce GTX 980 Ti and NV42 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
NV42
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
GM200
NV42
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2015
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
600 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
6-pin + 8-pin
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SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1075 MHz
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Core clock speed
1000 MHz
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CUDA cores
2816
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Floating-point performance
6,060 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
8,000 million
198 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
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Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
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Texture fill rate
176 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
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Memory bus width
384 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
336.5 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.2
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
2.0 (full)
Shader Model6.43.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
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PureVideo HD
-
VP1