NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
- Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
- 7.7x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
- 8x more pipelines: 2x 128 vs 32
- 9.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 80 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
- Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 798 vs 270
- Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 518 vs 328
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 76.8 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 2x 128 vs 32 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 384.0 gflops vs 80 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 80 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 798 vs 270 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 518 vs 328 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
- 6.8x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 197 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt vs 197 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 | NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 798 | 270 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 518 | 328 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3238 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3238 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 | NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G92 | G84 |
Launch date | 18 March 2008 | 13 March 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
Place in performance rating | 489 | 487 |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1250 MHz |
CUDA cores | 256 (128 per GPU) | 32 |
Floating-point performance | 2x 384.0 gflops | 80 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 80 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Pipelines | 2x 128 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 76.8 billion / sec | 10 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 197 Watt | 29 Watt |
Transistor count | 754 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | |
SLI options | Quad | |
Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 8-pin | None |
Laptop size | large | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2x 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 128 (64 per GPU) | 25.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR2?, GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
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