GeForce 9800M GTS vs 8800M GTX SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8800M GTX SLI and GeForce 9800M GTS, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

8800M GTX SLI
2007
512 MB GDDR3, 130 Watt
2.04
+110%

8800M GTX SLI outperforms 9800M GTS by a whopping 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking8791111
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.080.89
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameNB8E-GTXG94
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date19 November 2007 (16 years ago)29 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 cores19264
Core clock speed500 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million505 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data19.20
Floating-point processing powerno data0.192 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data240
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX1011.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
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.

8800M GTX SLI 2.04
+110%
9800M GTS 0.97

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.

8800M GTX SLI 6326
+55.8%
9800M GTS 4060

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+38.5%
12−14
−38.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+9.4%
30−35
−9.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+38.5%
12−14
−38.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+9.4%
30−35
−9.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+38.5%
12−14
−38.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+9.4%
30−35
−9.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

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

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the 8800M GTX SLI is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • 8800M GTX SLI is ahead in 41 test (95%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.04 0.97
Recency 19 November 2007 29 July 2008
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 75 Watt

8800M GTX SLI has a 110.3% higher aggregate performance score.

9800M GTS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 73.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 8800M GTX SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS in performance tests.


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