NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S 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 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI

2x more pipelines: 128 vs 64
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 / 65 nm vs 65 nm

Pipelines	128 vs 64
Manufacturing process technology	55 / 65 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark		636
PassMark - G2D Mark		427

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	Tesla
Code name	NB9E-GT	G94
Launch date	15 July 2008	15 July 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	348
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 / 65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	128	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1508 Million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		192 gflops
Texture fill rate		19.2 billion / sec
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD
SLI
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors		VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support