GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs 9800M GTX SLI

Place in the ranking	757	163
Place by popularity	not in top-100	68
Power efficiency	1.46	29.04
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 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 cores	224	3840
Core clock speed	500 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	3016 Million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	171.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	10.94 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	120
Tensor Cores	no data	120
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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 size	large	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	336.0 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
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 32.52
+959%

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 HD	9−10 −1000%	99 +1000%
1440p	6−7 −1033%	68 +1033%
4K	3−4 −1267%	41 +1267%

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 1000% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 1033% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Mobile is 1267% 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	32.52
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 959.3% 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.

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