NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs NVIDIA GeForce3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and NVIDIA GeForce3 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

NVIDIA GeForce3

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
9.2x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 200 MHz
29.5x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 230 MHz
98.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 5

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2009 vs 27 February 2001
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 230 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	494 vs 5

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3

Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 83

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 83

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA GeForce3
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309
PassMark - G2D Mark	83	120
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	5

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	NVIDIA GeForce3
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Kelvin
Code name	G92B	NV20 A5
Launch date	16 January 2009	27 February 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$499
Place in performance rating	1305	1307
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	165 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	3.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	230 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	SDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI