NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
7.1x more texture fill rate: 136.7 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
20x more pipelines: 1280 vs 64
22.8x better floating-point performance: 4,375 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 65 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
10x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 800 MHz
15.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10077 vs 636
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 427

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 July 2016 vs 15 July 2008
Core clock speed	1506 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10077 vs 636
PassMark - G2D Mark	749 vs 427

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10077

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

749

427

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark	10077	636
PassMark - G2D Mark	749	427
Geekbench - OpenCL	35364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	119.148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1373.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	21.766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	454.799
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12442
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4208

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP106	G94
Launch date	19 July 2016	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	345	348
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,375 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1280	64
Texture fill rate	136.7 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI