
GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce GTX 1660 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
GeForce GTX 1660
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
-
Turing TU116
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
March 2019
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1785 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
1530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
6,600 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
1408
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
157.1
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
192.1 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
7.5
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
Optimus
+
-