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GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 850M - video card comparison


Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce GTX 850M

GeForce GTX 980
11458
GeForce GTX 850M
2591

GeForce GTX 980

GeForce GTX 850M


Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)

GPU code name
GM204
N15P-GT

Market segment
Desktop
Laptop

Release date
September 2014
March 2014

Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16

Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-

Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
-

SLI options
+
+

Boost clock speed
1216 MHz
-

Core clock speed
1064 MHz
Up to 936 MHz

CUDA cores
2048
640

Floating-point performance
4,981 gflops
1,155 gflops

Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm

Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,870 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
640

Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
45 Watt

Texture fill rate
144 billion/sec
36.08

Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3, GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB

Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit

Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
Up to 2500 MHz

Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
80.0 GB/s

Shared memory
-
-

Standard memory configuration
-
DDR3 or GDDR5

Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
No outputs

eDP 1.2 signal support
-
Up to 3840x2160

LVDS signal support
-
Up to 1920x1200

Multi monitor support
4 displays
-

VGA аnalog display support
+
Up to 2048x1536

DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
Up to 3840x2160

HDCP content protection
-
+

HDMI
+
+

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
-
+

HDCP
+
-

Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-

G-SYNC support
+
-

Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-

DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (11_0)

CUDA
+
+

OpenCL
1.2
1.1

OpenGL
4.5
4.5

Shader Model
6.4
5.1

Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126

Ansel
-
+

BatteryBoost
+
-

GameStream
+
-

GameWorks
+
-

GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-

GPU Boost
2.0
-

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+

Optimus
+
+

TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
-
+