NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 3.7x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
  • Around 96% better floating-point performance: 470.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 3237
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 3237
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 81
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 381
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 January 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines 128 vs 96
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 vs 3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 vs 3237
PassMark - G2D Mark 83 vs 81
PassMark - G3D Mark 494 vs 381

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 141 Watt
  • Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 141 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3237
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
83
81
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
494
381
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 108.412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3237
PassMark - G2D Mark 83 81
PassMark - G3D Mark 494 381

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G92B G92
Launch date 16 January 2009 29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Place in performance rating 1328 1329
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 500 MHz
CUDA cores 128 96
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128 96
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec 24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 754 million
Gigaflops 360

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
PureVideo HD