Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs GeForce 9800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1040not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameG92GMA HD
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 July 2008 (16 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores11212
Core clock speed600 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.60no data
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs56no 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Height1-slotno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 July 2008 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 35 Watt

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics has an age advantage of 1 year, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GT and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GT is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a notebook one.


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