GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs FirePro M6000

Place in the ranking	640	894
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.63	0.90
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Heathrow	NB9E-GT
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	128
Core clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	43 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.024 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	40	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Form factor	MXM-B	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	-	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	no data
StereoOutput3D	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro M6000 4.72
+142%

9800M GTS SLI 1.95

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

FirePro M6000 10744
+89.7%

9800M GTS SLI 5663

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	58 +176%	21−24 −176%
Full HD	38 +171%	14−16 −171%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9
+100%

4−5

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +263%	8−9 −263%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +28.6%	35−40 −28.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +263%	8−9 −263%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +200%	4−5 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +28.6%	35−40 −28.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +263%	8−9 −263%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 +70%	10−11 −70%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +41.7%	12−14 −41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +28.6%	35−40 −28.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+200%

4−5

−200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Hitman 3	9−10 +28.6%	7−8 −28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +173%	10−12 −173%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+80%

5−6

−80%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

This is how FirePro M6000 and 9800M GTS SLI compete in popular games:

FirePro M6000 is 176% faster in 900p
FirePro M6000 is 171% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the FirePro M6000 is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, FirePro M6000 surpassed 9800M GTS SLI in all 53 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.72	1.95
Recency	1 July 2012	15 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	43 Watt	150 Watt

FirePro M6000 has a 142.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 248.8% lower power consumption.

The FirePro M6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro M6000 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.