NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 920M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 140 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 28 March 2008
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 77% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 954 MHz
3.5x more texture fill rate: 43.2 billion / sec vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 432.1 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 769 vs 716
3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 366 vs 119

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 954 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 billion / sec vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	432.1 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	769 vs 716
PassMark - G2D Mark	366 vs 119

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

716

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

366

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	716	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	119	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	3722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	157.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	40.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3636
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GK208B	G92
Launch date	13 March 2015	28 March 2008
Place in performance rating	1297	438
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	954 MHz	1688 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	128
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
SLI