GPU Comparison
GEFORCE
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1127 MHz
TDP
—
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2014
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 5090
CORE STATE
GB202
VRAM
32 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2407 MHz
TDP
575 W
BUS WIDTH
512 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Blackwell 2.0
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2025
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
GTX 980M
RTX 5090
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
21,760
+1316.7%
Shaders
1,536
21,760
+1316.7%
TMUs
96
680
+608.3%
ROPs
64
176
+175.0%
SM Count
—
170
Clocks
Base Clock
1038 MHz
2017 MHz
Boost Clock
1127 MHz
2407 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
1750 MHz
28 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
32 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
32,768
+300.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR7
Memory Bus
256 bit
512 bit
Bandwidth
160.4 GB/s
1.79 TB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
96 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
72.13 GPixel/s
423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
108.2 GTexel/s
1,636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.462 TFLOPS
104.8 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
108.2 GFLOPS (1:32)
1.637 TFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
104.8 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
170
Tensor Cores
—
680
Power
TDP
—
575 W
TDP (W)
—
575
Suggested PSU
—
950 W
Power Connectors
None
1x 16-pin
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Blackwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM204
GB202
Generation
GeForce 900M
GeForce 50
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
92,200 million
Die Size
398 mm²
750 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
13.1M / mm²
122.9M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
5.2
12.0
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
MXM Module
Dual-slot
Length
—
304 mm
12 inches
Height
—
137 mm
5.4 inches
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 5.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
—
1,999 USD
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 800M
GeForce 40
Successor
GeForce 10 Mobile
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