GeForce GTX 980MX vs 9800 GX2

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking870not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.75no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameG92GM204
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 March 2008 (16 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 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 cores256 (128 per GPU)1664
Core clock speed600 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1178 MHz
Number of transistors754 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)197 Watt148 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate38.40122.5
Floating-point processing power0.384 TFLOPS3.92 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs64104

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height2-slotno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128 (64 per GPU)192.0 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 ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVINo outputs
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 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA+5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 March 2008 1 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 197 Watt 148 Watt

GTX 980MX has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 33.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GX2 and GeForce GTX 980MX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GX2 is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 980MX is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
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