GeForce RTX 5090 vs GTX 980M SLI

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking224not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.43no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameno dataGB202
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)2025

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 cores307221760
Core clock speed1038 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1127 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors2x 5200 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,714
Floating-point processing powerno data109.7 TFLOPS
ROPsno data192
TMUsno data680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB32 GB
Memory bus width2x 256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.52 TB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 500 Watt

GTX 980M SLI has 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980M SLI and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M SLI
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