NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1024 MB vs 512 MB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 21 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1024 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • 5.2x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 112 vs 48
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
  • 900x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 322
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 835
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 1155
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 835
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 1155
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
Pipelines 112 vs 48
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Memory clock speed 900 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 454 vs 322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2845 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3304 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2845 vs 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3304 vs 1155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
322
454
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
835
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
3304
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 322 454
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 1283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1155 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1155 3304
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 87

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G92
Launch date 2 April 2012 21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99 $160
Place in performance rating 1626 1063
Price now $39.99 $103.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.13 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 1500 MHz
CUDA cores 48 112
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 48 112
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal S / PDIF
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
3D Vision
SLI