NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
7.5x more texture fill rate: 144 billion / sec vs 19.2 billion / sec
32x more pipelines: 2048 vs 64
22.7x better floating-point performance: 4,358 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	21 September 2015 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 64
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
114.3x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100-200 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4053
PassMark - G3D Mark		636
PassMark - G2D Mark		427

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM204	G94
Launch date	21 September 2015	15 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.82
Place in performance rating	562	343
Price now	$605.06
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	20.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1216 MHz
CUDA cores	2048	64
Floating-point performance	4,358 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2048	64
Texture fill rate	144 billion / sec	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100-200 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	505 million
Core clock speed		1500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround