ATI FireGL T2-64S vs GeForce 9800M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1101not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.10no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameG92RV350
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)

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 cores96no data
Core clock speed500 MHz324 MHz
Number of transistors754 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.001.296
Floating-point processing power0.24 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops360no data
ROPs164
TMUs484

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz203 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s6.496 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x LFH60

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 1 October 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 130 nm

9800M GT has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GT and FireGL T2-64S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GT is a notebook card while FireGL T2-64S is a workstation one.


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