NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 for notebooks (not the GTX 980M, sometimes also referred to as GeForce GTX 990M) is an overclockable high-end graphics card for laptops. It is an desktop Geforce GTX 980 chip with the same specifications (2048 shaders, 1126 MHz base clock, 7 Gbps memory) based on selected GM204 chips (for lower power consumption).

The performance is also on a level with the desktop GTX 980. Due to the different cooling solutions, the long term performance may be slightly lower compared to a well cooled desktop, but Nvidia assures only small degrades in performance. Furthermore, the mobile GTX 980 supports overclocking out of the box and all laptop manufacturers plan to provide an easy to use tool to overclock the card on the fly.

The core features are also the same, so expect support for DirectX 12 (FL 12_1). There will be no support for the new H.265 video engine as found on the desktop GTX 950.

The power consumption of the card is a lot higher than other mobile graphics card like the GeForce GTX 980M (100 Watt TDP). According to Nvidia, the TDP of the reference design is still 165 Watt like in the desktop version. Including overclocking headroom, the power consumption may reach up to 200 Watt. Therefore, only big laptops with efficient cooling methods can house the GeForce GTX980 for laptops.

GeForce GTX 900 Series GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop) 4096 @ 1.13 - 1.23 GHz 256 Bit @ 3500 MHz GeForce GTX 980 Ti 2816 @ 1 - 1.2 GHz 256 Bit @ 7000 MHz GeForce GTX 980 2048 @ 1.13 - 1.22 GHz 256 Bit @ 3500 MHz GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) 2048 @ 1.13 - 1.23 GHz 256 Bit @ 3500 MHz GeForce GTX 970 1664 @ 1.05 - 1.18 GHz 224 + 32 Bit @ 3500 MHz GeForce GTX 960 1024 @ 1.13 - 1.18 GHz 128 Bit @ 3500 MHz GeForce GTX 950 768 @ 1.02 - 1.19 GHz 128 Bit @ 3300 MHz
Codename	N16E-GXX
Architecture	Maxwell
Pipelines	2048 - unified
Core Speed	1126 - 1228 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed	3500 MHz
Memory Bus Width	256 Bit
Memory Type	GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory	4 GB
Shared Memory	no
API	DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5
Power Consumption	100-200 Watt
Transistor Count	5.2 Billion
Man. Technology	28 nm
Features	CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, GeForce Experience, Surround, GameStream, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, G-SYNC, SLI
Notebook Size	large
Date of Announcement	22.09.2014

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