GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs 9800M GTS

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Aggregate performance score

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

9800M GTS
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 75 Watt
0.98

RTX 2070 Super outperforms 9800M GTS by a whopping 4728% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking111471
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.40
Power efficiency0.9015.09
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG94TU104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 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 cores642560
Core clock speed600 MHz1605 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1770 MHz
Number of transistors505 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20283.2
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS9.062 TFLOPS
Gigaflops240no data
ROPs1664
TMUs32160
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
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 bandwidth51.2 GB/s448.0 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 outputs1x 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.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
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 0.98
RTX 2070 Super 47.31
+4728%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9800M GTS 376
RTX 2070 Super 18219
+4745%

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 4060
RTX 2070 Super 89209
+2097%

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 HD2−3
−6500%
132
+6500%
1440p1−2
−7900%
80
+7900%
4K1−2
−4800%
49
+4800%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.78
1440pno data6.24
4Kno data10.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−3033%
94
+3033%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1980%
104
+1980%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2875%
119
+2875%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2700%
84
+2700%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−14800%
149
+14800%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−7800%
158
+7800%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2220%
116
+2220%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−2046%
279
+2046%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−12100%
122
+12100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2800%
203
+2800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−616%
229
+616%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−3340%
172
+3340%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2900%
120
+2900%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2500%
78
+2500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−11900%
120
+11900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−5900%
120
+5900%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2160%
113
+2160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1977%
270
+1977%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−9100%
92
+9100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2729%
198
+2729%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−870%
95−100
+870%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−572%
215
+572%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1200%
65
+1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−2175%
91
+2175%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2333%
73
+2333%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−8200%
83
+8200%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1980%
104
+1980%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1100%
156
+1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−2286%
167
+2286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−900%
100
+900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−113%
68
+113%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−11300%
114
+11300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−11700%
118
+11700%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−8500%
86
+8500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−5600%
57
+5600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−4600%
47
+4600%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−6500%
66
+6500%
Hitman 3 7−8
−914%
71
+914%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−2850%
118
+2850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 70−75
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−5275%
215
+5275%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−3067%
95
+3067%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 48

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−3800%
39
+3800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 32
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 44
Far Cry 5 0−1 35

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2850%
59
+2850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+0%
88
+0%
Battlefield 5 183
+0%
183
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 277
+0%
277
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+0%
74
+0%
Battlefield 5 172
+0%
172
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 258
+0%
258
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+0%
66
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+0%
153
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 73
+0%
73
+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%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+0%
29
+0%

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

  • RTX 2070 Super is 6500% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 7900% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 4800% faster in 4K

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2070 Super is 14800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is ahead in 43 tests (64%)
  • there's a draw in 24 tests (36%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.98 47.31
Recency 29 July 2008 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 215 Watt

9800M GTS has 186.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has a 4727.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

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

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


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

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