NVIDIA started GeForce 9800M GTX SLI sales 15 July 2008. This is a G9x architecture notebook card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 800 GHz are supplied.

Power consumption is at 150 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 9800M GTX SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	762
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.42	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 9800M GTX SLI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9800M GTX SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	224	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	500 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	3016 Million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9800M GTX SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Shared memory	-

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 9800M GTX SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	10
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 9800M GTX SLI. 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 GTX SLI 3.07

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 GTX SLI 8193

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Battlefield 5	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24
Metro Exodus	4−5
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Battlefield 5	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24
Metro Exodus	4−5
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	16−18
Hitman 3	8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	3−4
Hitman 3	8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2
Forza Horizon 4	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

Closest competitors

GeForce 9800M GTX SLI's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

Radeon HD 7750M 100.65

GeForce 830A 100.33

Iris Pro Graphics 5200 100.33

GeForce 9800M GTX SLI 100

Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 99.02

Radeon R7 M350 98.37

Radeon HD 8770M 97.39

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is Radeon HD 7750M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.