Radeon RX 7950 XTX 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 ranking1031not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.63no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG92BNavi 31
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 January 2009 (15 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores1286144
Core clock speed738 MHz2200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data3300 MHz
Number of transistors754 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)141 Watt355 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate47.231,267
Floating-point processing power0.47 TFLOPS81.1 TFLOPS
ROPs16192
TMUs64384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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 x16
Length267 mm287 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/s960.0 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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
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
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 24 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 141 Watt 355 Watt

9800 GTX+ has 151.8% lower power consumption.

RX 7950 XTX, on the other hand, has a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GTX+ and Radeon RX 7950 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.


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