Radeon R5 (Carrizo) vs GeForce 9800M GTS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9800M GTS and Radeon R5 (Carrizo), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9800M GTS
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 75 Watt
0.98

R5 (Carrizo) outperforms 9800M GTS by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1114919
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.903.60
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameG94Carrizo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)4 June 2015 (9 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 cores64256
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data800 MHz
Number of transistors505 million2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt12-35 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops240no data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no data

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Hitman 3 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−9.4%
35−40
+9.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Hitman 3 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−9.4%
35−40
+9.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−20%
12−14
+20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−9.4%
35−40
+9.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Hitman 3 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

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

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 (Carrizo) is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 (Carrizo) is ahead in 40 tests (82%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (18%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.98 1.84
Recency 29 July 2008 4 June 2015
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 12 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has a 87.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 525% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS in performance tests.


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