NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q 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, 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 RTX 3080 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
5532.4x more texture fill rate: 239.0 GTexel/s vs 43.2 billion / sec
48x more pipelines: 6144 vs 128
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 65 nm
Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 140 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1100 MHz
21.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16407 vs 769
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 641 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Jan 2021 vs 28 March 2008
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s vs 43.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	6144 vs 128
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16407 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	641 vs 366

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2.2x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 780 MHz

Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 780 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16407

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

641

366

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	16407	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	641	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	103038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	26045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2644

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Tesla
Code name	GA104	G92
Launch date	12 Jan 2021	28 March 2008
Place in performance rating	137	438
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1245 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1688 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	65 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.30 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	128
Pixel fill rate	119.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	239.0 GTexel/s	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	754 million
CUDA cores		128
Floating-point performance		432.1 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI