
GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 480M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 480M
GeForce GTX 980
11458
GeForce GTX 480M
1666
GeForce GTX 980
GeForce GTX 480M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
N11E-GTX-A3
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
September 2014
May 2010
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1064 MHz
425 MHz
CUDA cores
2048
-
Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
598.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
352
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
100 Watt
Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
18.7 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-