GeForce GTX 980M and GeForce GTX 960M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980M vs GeForce GTX 960M
GeForce GTX 980M
7565
GeForce GTX 960M
3496
GeForce GTX 980M
GeForce GTX 960M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name
GM204
N16P-GX
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
March 2015
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
1202 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
1096 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
640
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
1,505 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
1,870 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
640
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
75 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
47.04
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
80 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)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.1.126
Ansel
+
+
BatteryBoost
+
+
GameStream
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GPU Boost
2.0
2.0
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Optimus
+
+