GeForce GTX 980M and FirePro M8900 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M
FirePro M8900
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name
GM204
Blackcomb XT
Market segment
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
October 2014
April 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
n/a
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
680 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
-
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
960
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
32.64
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
115 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.2 (11_0)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
5.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-