GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce GTX 970M SLI - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
GeForce GTX 970M SLI
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
October 2014
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1038 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
924 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
2x 5200 Million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
162 Watt
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
2x 6 GB
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
2x 192 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
5000 MHz
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
12_1
12_1
CUDA
+
+
Vulkan
+
-
Optimus
+
+