GeForce GTX 980 and Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
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GPU code name
GM204
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
January 2023
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
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Core clock speed
1064 MHz
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CUDA cores
2048
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Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
38
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
53 Watt
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
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Memory type
GDDR5
LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
224 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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VGA аnalog display support
+
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DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
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HDMI
+
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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G-SYNC support
+
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
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DirectX
12 (12_1)
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CUDA
+
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OpenCL
1.2
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OpenGL
4.5
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Shader Model
6.4
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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BatteryBoost
+
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GameStream
+
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GameWorks
+
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GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
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Optimus
+
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