AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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, 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.

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
6684.5x more texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 33.6 billion / sec
20.6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 65 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 900 MHz
29.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13490 vs 454
15.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 871 vs 56
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3719 vs 2845
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3304
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3719 vs 2845
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 21 July 2008
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	2304 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13490 vs 454
PassMark - G2D Mark	871 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13490

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

871

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3304

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	13490	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	871	56
Geekbench - OpenCL	64726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1669

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Navi 10 XLE	G92
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$160
Place in performance rating	210	1063
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Price now		$103.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.86
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	65 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	112
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5 inches (267 mm)	9" (22.9 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI