GeForce 9800S vs GTX 1060 3 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking214not rated
Place by popularity25not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.30no data
Power efficiency14.94no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGP106G94
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 August 2016 (8 years ago)15 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores115264
Core clock speed1506 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate123.019.20
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs7232

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount3 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2002 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s51.2 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortVGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF + HDA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA6.1+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2016 15 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1060 3 GB has an age advantage of 8 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 9800S, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and GeForce 9800S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is a desktop card while GeForce 9800S is a notebook one.


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