GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
-
N18E-G3-A1 MAX-Q TU104
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
January 2019
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x16
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1095-1230 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
735-990 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
13,600 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
2944
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
80-90 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
201.5
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
384.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
G-SYNC support
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 Ultimate (12_1)
CUDA
+
7.5
OpenCL
-
1.2
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
+
1.2.131
Optimus
+
-
VR Ready
-
+