NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.1x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 1280 vs 128
9.9x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 65 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 140 Watt
12x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 512 MB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1100 MHz
10.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 769
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 August 2016 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	1280 vs 128
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	444 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 1506 MHz

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 1506 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8161

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

444

366

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	8161	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	444	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	29363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	111.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1371.266
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.49
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	509.222
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3666

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP106B	G92
Launch date	15 August 2016	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$299
Place in performance rating	401	405
Price now	$229.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	49.49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	1688 MHz
CUDA cores	1280	128
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	1280	128
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Multi monitor support
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
Surround
Virtual Reality
VR Ready
SLI