GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs 9800M GTS SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9800M GTS SLI with GeForce RTX 2070 Super, including specs and performance data.

9800M GTS SLI
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 150 Watt
1.95

RTX 2070 Super outperforms 9800M GTS SLI by a whopping 2324% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking90070
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.81
Power efficiency0.9115.33
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameNB9E-GTTU104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores1282560
Core clock speed600 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rateno data283.2
Floating-point processing powerno data9.062 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 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 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1012 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9800M GTS SLI 1.95
RTX 2070 Super 47.26
+2324%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9800M GTS SLI 5663
RTX 2070 Super 89209
+1475%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD5−6
−2560%
133
+2560%
1440p3−4
−2500%
78
+2500%
4K2−3
−2450%
51
+2450%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.75
1440pno data6.40
4Kno data9.78

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2250%
94
+2250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1386%
104
+1386%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−18200%
183
+18200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2280%
119
+2280%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2000%
84
+2000%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−4867%
149
+4867%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−3060%
158
+3060%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−3363%
277
+3363%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1557%
116
+1557%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−1450%
279
+1450%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2950%
122
+2950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1930%
203
+1930%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−554%
229
+554%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2357%
172
+2357%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−17100%
172
+17100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−2300%
120
+2300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1850%
78
+1850%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−3900%
120
+3900%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−2300%
120
+2300%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−3125%
258
+3125%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1514%
113
+1514%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−1400%
270
+1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2200%
92
+2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1880%
198
+1880%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−708%
95−100
+708%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−514%
215
+514%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−829%
65
+829%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1720%
91
+1720%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1725%
73
+1725%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2667%
83
+2667%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1813%
153
+1813%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1386%
104
+1386%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−767%
156
+767%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1570%
167
+1570%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−733%
100
+733%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−94.3%
68
+94.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2750%
114
+2750%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−3833%
118
+3833%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2767%
86
+2767%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2750%
57
+2750%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−7200%
73
+7200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−4600%
47
+4600%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−3200%
66
+3200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−914%
71
+914%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−1867%
118
+1867%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−7300%
70−75
+7300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−1855%
215
+1855%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1800%
95
+1800%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−4700%
48
+4700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1850%
39
+1850%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−3100%
32
+3100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 44
Far Cry 5 1−2
−3400%
35
+3400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 29

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1867%
59
+1867%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+0%
88
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+0%
74
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+0%
66
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 255
+0%
255
+0%
Metro Exodus 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+0%
123
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+0%
55
+0%
Hitman 3 42
+0%
42
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+0%
129
+0%
Metro Exodus 78
+0%
78
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+0%
84
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+0%
65
+0%

This is how 9800M GTS SLI and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 2560% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 2500% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 2450% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 18200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.95 47.26
Recency 15 July 2008 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 215 Watt

9800M GTS SLI has 43.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has a 2323.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop one.


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