ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 vs GeForce 9800 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking893not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.07no data
Power efficiency0.99no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG92M92
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 March 2008 (16 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores12880
Core clock speed675 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors754 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate43.205.760
Floating-point processing power0.4321 TFLOPS0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs648

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s
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
HDMIVia Adapter-
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)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 March 2008 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 15 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5145 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GTX and Mobility Radeon HD 5145. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GTX is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5145 is a notebook one.


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