GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce GTX 780M SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
GeForce GTX 780M SLI
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
-
N14E-GTX
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
May 2013
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
823 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
7080 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
3072
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
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
5000 MHz
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
12_1
11
CUDA
+
+
Vulkan
+
-
Optimus
+
+