Xe DG1 (iDG1LP) Mobile vs GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	111	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.23	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code name	N16E-GXX SLI	iDG1LPDEV
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	22 September 2015 (9 years ago)	1 March 2020 (4 years 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	96
Core clock speed	1126 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz	1500 MHz
Number of transistors	10400 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	330 Watt	no data

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
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	3 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	no data
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.

G-SYNC support

+

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	no data
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 September 2015	1 March 2020
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

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