NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS vs NVIDIA ION LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS and NVIDIA ION LE 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 GTS

NVIDIA ION LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 357 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 August 2008 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	357 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 96 vs 72

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	96 vs 72

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

357

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA ION LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	357	98
PassMark - G2D Mark	72	96
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS	NVIDIA ION LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	ION
Launch date	21 August 2008	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1374	1376
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops
Gigaflops	240
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	282 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD