GeForce GTX 490 vs 9800 GT Rebrand

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG92GF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 July 2008 (16 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$160 no data

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 cores128480
Core clock speed725 MHz608 MHz
Number of transistors754 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt365 Watt
Texture fill rate46.4036.48
Floating-point processing power0.448 TFLOPS1.166 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs6460

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm279 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1536 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz854 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s164.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.12.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 365 Watt

9800 GT Rebrand has 192% lower power consumption.

GTX 490, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand and GeForce GTX 490. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand
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