GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M SLI
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
-
GA106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
January 2022
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 8-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2x 5200 Million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3072
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
200 Watt
130 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
142.2
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
2x 256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
-
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12_1
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
-
3.0
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.6
Vulkan
+
1.3
Optimus
+
-