GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce GTX 680M SLI - video card comparison

GeForce GTX 980M SLI

GeForce GTX 680M SLI

Architecture

Maxwell (2014−2018)

Kepler (2012−2018)

GPU code name

-

N13E-GTX

Market segment

Laptop

Laptop

Release date

October 2014

June 2012

SLI options

+

+

Boost clock speed

1127 MHz

-

Core clock speed

1038 MHz

720 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

28 nm

Number of transistors

2x 5200 Million

-

Pipelines / CUDA cores

3072

2688

Power consumption (TDP)

200 Watt

-

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR5

Maximum RAM amount

2x 8 GB

2x 4 GB

Memory bus width

2x 256 Bit

2x 256 Bit

Memory clock speed

5000 MHz

3600 MHz

Shared memory

-

-

DirectX

12_1

11

CUDA

+

+

Vulkan

+

-

Optimus

+

+