Radeon R6 Mobile Graphics vs GeForce 9800 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1039not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.69no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameG92Spectre Lite
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 July 2008 (16 years ago)17 September 2014 (10 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 cores112384
Core clock speed600 MHz533 MHz
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors754 million2,410 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt17 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.6012.79
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS0.4093 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs5624

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 x16IGP
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHzSystem Shared
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 outputs
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)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.06.0
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 July 2008 17 September 2014
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 17 Watt

R6 Mobile Graphics has an age advantage of 6 years, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 517.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GT and Radeon R6 Mobile Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GT is a desktop card while Radeon R6 Mobile Graphics is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
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