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 5080 Mobile
CORE STATE
GB203
VRAM
16 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1500 MHz
TDP
80 W
BUS WIDTH
256 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 5080 Mobile
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
7,680
+400.0%
Shaders
1,536
7,680
+400.0%
TMUs
96
240
+150.0%
ROPs
64
96
+50.0%
SM Count
—
60
Clocks
Base Clock
1038 MHz
975 MHz
Boost Clock
1127 MHz
1500 MHz
Memory Clock
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
1750 MHz
28 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
16 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
16,384
+100.0%
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR7
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
Bandwidth
160.4 GB/s
896.0 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
2 MB
64 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
72.13 GPixel/s
144.0 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
108.2 GTexel/s
360.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.462 TFLOPS
23.04 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
108.2 GFLOPS (1:32)
360.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
—
23.04 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
—
60
Tensor Cores
—
240
Power
TDP
—
80 W
TDP (W)
—
80
Power Connectors
None
None
Architecture
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Blackwell 2.0
GPU Name
GM204
GB203
Generation
GeForce 900M
GeForce 50 Mobile
Process Size
28 nm
5 nm
Transistors
5,200 million
45,600 million
Die Size
398 mm²
378 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
13.1M / mm²
120.6M / 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
IGP
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 5.0 x16
Other
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
GeForce 800M
GeForce 40 Mobile
Successor
GeForce 10 Mobile
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