Radeon RX Vega 3 vs GeForce 9800M GTS SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Radeon RX Vega 3, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

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

RX Vega 3 outperforms 9800M GTS SLI by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking902779
Place by popularitynot in top-10085
Power efficiency0.8913.61
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameNB9E-GTPicasso
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years 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 cores128192
Core clock speed600 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1001 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.01
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3844 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data12

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 dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX1012 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA+-

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
RX Vega 3 2.98
+52.8%

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
+4.1%
RX Vega 3 5441

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 HD7−8
−71.4%
12
+71.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+0%
7
+0%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−20%
6
+20%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−50%
6
+50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−11.4%
35−40
+11.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−10%
11
+10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−41.7%
17
+41.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−11.4%
35−40
+11.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+100%
9
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+200%
4
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−11.4%
35−40
+11.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6
+0%
6
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1

This is how 9800M GTS SLI and RX Vega 3 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 3 is 71% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9800M GTS SLI is 200% faster.
  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX Vega 3 is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • 9800M GTS SLI is ahead in 4 tests (7%)
  • RX Vega 3 is ahead in 44 tests (75%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (19%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.95 2.98
Recency 15 July 2008 6 January 2019
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 3 has a 52.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS SLI in performance tests.


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