GeForce GTX 980M and GeForce GTX 960 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980M vs GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 980M
7565
GeForce GTX 960
6254
GeForce GTX 980M
GeForce GTX 960
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
GM206
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
January 2015
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
-
400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pins
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1178 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
1127 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
1024
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
2,940 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
72 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
112 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor support
-
4 displays
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
G-SYNC support
+
+
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.4
Shader Model
6.4
6.4
Vulkan
1.1.126
+
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-