NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 74

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 11 December 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 128 vs 96
Around 73% better floating-point performance: 416.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 564 vs 381
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3237
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3237

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 96
Floating-point performance	416.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Memory clock speed	1640 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	564 vs 381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3342 vs 3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3342 vs 3237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

564

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

3342

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	564
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G92
Launch date	29 July 2008	11 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1329	1331
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	416.0 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	128
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	135 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		254 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1640 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD