AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 197 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5020 vs 798
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 554 vs 518

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 November 2018 vs 18 March 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 197 Watt
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5020 vs 798
PassMark - G2D Mark	554 vs 518

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3238 vs 1663
Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3238 vs 1663

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238 vs 1663
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238 vs 1663

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5020

798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

554

518

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1663

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1663

3238

Name	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	5020	798
PassMark - G2D Mark	554	518
Geekbench - OpenCL	26775
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1663	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1842
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1663	3238
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	Tesla
Code name	Vega 12	G92
Launch date	14 November 2018	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	486	488
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	197 Watt
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance		2x 384.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		2x 128
Texture fill rate		76.8 billion / sec
Transistor count		754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	6-pin & 8-pin
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Memory clock speed	2400 MHz	1000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth		128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width		512 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI