Radeon Graphics 128SP vs GeForce 9800 GTX+

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1029not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.65no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG92BRaphael
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 January 2009 (15 years ago)27 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 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 cores128128
Core clock speed738 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors754 million3,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)141 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate47.2317.60
Floating-point processing power0.47 TFLOPS0.5632 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs648
Ray Tracing Coresno data2

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 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1100 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/sno data

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 DVIMotherboard Dependent
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 January 2009 27 September 2022
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 141 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics 128SP has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 840% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GTX+ and Radeon Graphics 128SP. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
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