NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 14% higher pipelines: 128 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 / 65 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	55 / 65 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark		454
PassMark - G2D Mark		89

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	Tesla
Code name	NB9E-GT	G92
Launch date	15 July 2008	15 July 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1352
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$328.50
Price now		$328.50
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 / 65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	128	112
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1508 Million	754 million
CUDA cores per GPU		112
Floating-point performance		280 gflops
Gigaflops		420
Texture fill rate		28 GTexel / s
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	large
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD
SLI
HybridPower
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs