GeForce GT 630 OEM vs 9800 GX2

Place in the ranking	877	942
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Power efficiency	0.72	2.29
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	G92	GK107
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 March 2008 (16 years ago)	24 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	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 cores	256 (128 per GPU)	192
Core clock speed	600 MHz	875 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	197 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	38.40	14.00
Floating-point processing power	0.384 TFLOPS	0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	64	16

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	145 mm
Height	2-slot	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
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 type	GDDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	891 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	28.51 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 Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.07	1.67
Recency	18 March 2008	24 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	197 Watt	50 Watt

9800 GX2 has a 24% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 630 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 294% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 9800 GX2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 630 OEM in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.