AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 137.5 GTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec
8x more pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 197 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
6.6x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	4 August 2016 vs 18 March 2008
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s vs 76.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 128
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 926 MHz
156.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3238 vs 1674
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3238 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 926 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3238 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3238 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1674

3238

Name	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Geekbench - OpenCL	33812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1674	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1674	3238
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3675
PassMark - G3D Mark		798
PassMark - G2D Mark		518

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Ellesmere	G92
Design	Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	4 August 2016	18 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$549.99	$599
Place in performance rating	490	488
Price now	$109.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	91.95
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	926 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4.9 TFLOPs	2x 384.0 gflops
GPU Power	85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 128
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	137.5 GTexel / s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	754 million
CUDA cores		256 (128 per GPU)
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI