GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs 9800M GTX SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9800M GTX SLI
2008
1 GB GDDR3, 150 Watt
3.07

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms 9800M GTX SLI by a whopping 961% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking767168
Place by popularitynot in top-10068
Power efficiency1.4027.91
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNB9E-GTXGA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores2243840
Core clock speed500 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1425 MHz
Number of transistors3016 Million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data171.0
Floating-point processing powerno data10.94 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
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 amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data336.0 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX1012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA+8.6

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 GTX SLI 3.07
RTX 3060 Mobile 32.58
+961%

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
RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+600%

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 HD9−10
−989%
98
+989%
1440p6−7
−1000%
66
+1000%
4K3−4
−1233%
40
+1233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1617%
103
+1617%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−7500%
76
+7500%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−2020%
100−110
+2020%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−843%
65−70
+843%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1333%
86
+1333%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1117%
70−75
+1117%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−925%
80−85
+925%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−918%
170−180
+918%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1225%
106
+1225%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−517%
140−150
+517%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−4000%
164
+4000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−900%
80−85
+900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−785%
110−120
+785%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−203%
110−120
+203%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−6300%
64
+6300%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−2020%
100−110
+2020%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−843%
65−70
+843%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−1050%
69
+1050%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1117%
70−75
+1117%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−925%
80−85
+925%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−918%
170−180
+918%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1250%
108
+1250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−722%
189
+722%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−3125%
129
+3125%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−1175%
102
+1175%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1115%
158
+1115%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−386%
65−70
+386%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−305%
158
+305%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−5500%
56
+5500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−843%
65−70
+843%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−933%
62
+933%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1117%
70−75
+1117%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−918%
170−180
+918%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1100%
96
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−422%
120
+422%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−977%
140
+977%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−457%
78
+457%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−17.9%
46
+17.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−1100%
96
+1100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1140%
60−65
+1140%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−900%
50−55
+900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1800%
35−40
+1800%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1850%
39
+1850%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1167%
35−40
+1167%
Hitman 3 8−9
−700%
64
+700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−963%
85
+963%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−2100%
40−45
+2100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−511%
116
+511%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1233%
80
+1233%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3100%
30−35
+3100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1200%
24−27
+1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1000%
11
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1900%
20−22
+1900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−4400%
45−50
+4400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1800%
19
+1800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1000%
44
+1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+0%
48
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 85
+0%
85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
+0%
101
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 41
+0%
41
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Metro Exodus 60
+0%
60
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+0%
55
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 15
+0%
15
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60
+0%
60
+0%

This is how 9800M GTX SLI and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 989% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 1000% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 1233% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 7500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 62 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 10 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.07 32.58
Recency 15 July 2008 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has a 961.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 712.5% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX SLI in performance tests.


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