A10 PCIe vs GeForce 9800M GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1066not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency1.10no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG92GA102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$328.50 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1129216
CUDA cores per GPU112no data
Core clock speed500 MHz885 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1695 MHz
Number of transistors754 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate28.00488.2
Floating-point processing power0.28 TFLOPS31.24 TFLOPS
Gigaflops420no data
ROPs1696
TMUs56288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS
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 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s600.2 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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

9800M GTX has 100% lower power consumption.

A10 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GTX and A10 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GTX is a notebook card while A10 PCIe is a workstation one.


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