AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
1062.5x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 76.8 billion / sec
4x more pipelines: 1024 vs 2x 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 197 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3301 vs 798

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 March 2008
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 76.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 2x 128
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3301 vs 798

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1175 MHz
295.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	518 vs 409

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

518

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3301

798

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572
PassMark - G2D Mark	409	518
PassMark - G3D Mark	3301	798
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Tesla
Code name	Baffin	G92
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	489	488
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1024	2x 128
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	76.8 billion / sec
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 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
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI