NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
8.6x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 1 July 2004
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 110 vs 81

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	110 vs 81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

110

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	46
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	110
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	R400
Code name	G92	M18
Launch date	29 July 2008	1 July 2004
Place in performance rating	1345	1347
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	160 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	300 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD
Powerplay