GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA CMP 40HX
CORE STATE
TU106
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1650 MHz
TDP
185 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Turing
PROCESS
12 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 980
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
4 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1216 MHz
TDP
165 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2014
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
CMP 40HX
GTX 980
Core Specs
Shading Units
2,304
2,048
-11.1%
Shaders
2,304
2,048
-11.1%
TMUs
144
128
-11.1%
ROPs
64
64
0.0%
SM Count
36
—
Clocks
Base Clock
1470 MHz
1127 MHz
Boost Clock
1650 MHz
1216 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
1753 MHz
7 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
4,096
-50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
224.4 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
64 KB (per SM)
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
4 MB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
105.6 GPixel/s
77.82 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
237.6 GTexel/s
155.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
7.603 TFLOPS
4.981 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
237.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
155.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
15.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
—
AI/RT
RT Cores
36
—
Tensor Cores
288
—
Power
TDP
185 W
165 W
TDP (W)
185
165
-10.8%
Suggested PSU
450 W
450 W
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Turing
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
TU106
GM204
Generation
Mining GPUs
GeForce 900
Process Size
12 nm
28 nm
Transistors
10,800 million
5,200 million
Die Size
445 mm²
398 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
24.3M / mm²
13.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
7.5
5.2
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
229 mm
9 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
111 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
No outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.2
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x4
PCIe 3.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
699 USD
549 USD
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
—
GeForce 700
Successor
—
GeForce 10