Jetson T4000 vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 145 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.50 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Blackwell (2024−2025) |
| GPU code name | N16E-GXX SLI | GB10 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 22 September 2015 (10 years ago) | 27 August 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | 1536 |
| Core clock speed | 1126 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1228 MHz | 2525 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 10400 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 330 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 161.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 7.757 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 12 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 50 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 243 mm |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 8 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3500 MHz | 1067 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 273.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | + | 10.1 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 September 2015 | 27 August 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 330 Watt | 40 Watt |
Jetson T4000 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 833.3% more advanced lithography process, and 725% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and Jetson T4000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Jetson T4000 is a workstation one.
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