AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 9x more pipelines: 576 vs 64
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 57
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1591 vs 555
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2482 vs 2414
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2482 vs 2414
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 vs 1 November 2008
Pipelines 576 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 vs 57
PassMark - G3D Mark 1591 vs 555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2482 vs 2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2482 vs 2414

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
57
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1591
555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2482
2414
Name AMD Radeon Vega 9 NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 57
PassMark - G3D Mark 1591 555
Geekbench - OpenCL 9706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2482 2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2482 2414

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 9 NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Essentials

Architecture Vega Tesla
Code name Vega Raven Ridge G94
Launch date 26 Oct 2017 1 November 2008
Place in performance rating 812 1461
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 576 64
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 4500 million 505 million
Core clock speed 530 MHz
CUDA cores 64
Floating-point performance 169.6 gflops
Gigaflops 254
Texture fill rate 16 billion / sec

API support

DirectX 12.1 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Shared memory Yes 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

Technologies

CUDA
Power management 8.0