NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

70
Place in performance rating
46
no data
Value for money (0-100)
56.96
Turing
Architecture
Maxwell
TU104
Code name
N16E-GXX SLI
Laptop
Type
Laptop
2 April 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
22 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$812
Price now
$301
24.61
Value for money
62.37
N18E-G3
GPU code name
N16E-GXX SLI
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3072
Pipelines
4096
975 MHz
Core clock speed
1126 MHz
1080 MHz
Boost Clock
1228 MHz
13,600 million
Transistor count
10400 Million
12 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
330 Watt
207.4
Texture fill rate
no data
3072
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4096
1230 MHz
Boost clock speed
1228 MHz
13,600 million
Number of transistors
10400 Million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
330 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
no data
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large
no data
SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
11000 MHz
Memory clock speed
3500 MHz
352.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
no data
+
G-SYNC support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
no data
+
Multi Monitor
no data
no data
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
+
7.5
CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
DirectX 12_1
4.6
OpenGL
no data
1.2.140
Vulkan
no data
6.5
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 139.8 118.7 108.6 104.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 236 170.5 149.5 118 89 51
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 199.6 166.4 114 82.9 55.95 29.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 212.2 166.35 148.95 149.55 116.7 64
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Finer manufacturing process technology (12 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (80 Watt vs 330 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2x 8 GB)

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

14.95% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($301 vs $812)

More pipelines (4096 vs 3072)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

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