NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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 860M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 640 vs 2x 128
Around 81% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 197 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3062 vs 613
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3238
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2014 vs 18 March 2008
Pipelines	640 vs 2x 128
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3062 vs 613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 797 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 226

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 797 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 226

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3062

613

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3238

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3062	613
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	262
Geekbench - OpenCL	10438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3238
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G92
Launch date	10 March 2014	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	878	881
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Boost clock speed	915 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	1152 or 640	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 128
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	754 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin & 8-pin
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
3D Vision