GeForce 9800M GTS vs GTX 970

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 970 with GeForce 9800M GTS, including specs and performance data.

GTX 970
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 148 Watt
25.02
+2453%

GTX 970 outperforms 9800M GTS by a whopping 2453% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2161114
Place by popularity57not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.80no data
Power efficiency11.610.90
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM204G94
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 September 2014 (10 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 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 cores166464
Core clock speed1050 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)148 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate122.519.20
Floating-point processing power3.92 TFLOPS0.192 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data240
ROPs5616
TMUs10432

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s800 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s51.2 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

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
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

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.

GTX 970 25.02
+2453%
9800M GTS 0.98

  • Other tests
    • Passmark
    • 3DMark Vantage Performance

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 970 9635
+2463%
9800M GTS 376

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.

GTX 970 42263
+941%
9800M GTS 4060

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 HD80
+2567%
3−4
−2567%
1440p45
+4400%
1−2
−4400%
4K38
+3700%
1−2
−3700%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.11no data
1440p7.31no data
4K8.66no data

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1267%
3−4
−1267%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+2633%
3−4
−2633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+1175%
4−5
−1175%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1267%
3−4
−1267%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+3150%
2−3
−3150%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2820%
5−6
−2820%
Hitman 3 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+785%
12−14
−785%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+2767%
3−4
−2767%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+1114%
7−8
−1114%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+222%
30−35
−222%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+2633%
3−4
−2633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+1200%
4−5
−1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1267%
3−4
−1267%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Far Cry New Dawn 29
+1350%
2−3
−1350%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2820%
5−6
−2820%
Hitman 3 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+785%
12−14
−785%
Metro Exodus 35
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+1114%
7−8
−1114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 109
+990%
10−11
−990%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+222%
30−35
−222%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+1000%
5−6
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 36
+800%
4−5
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1267%
3−4
−1267%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2820%
5−6
−2820%
Hitman 3 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+785%
12−14
−785%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+1114%
7−8
−1114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
+330%
10−11
−330%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+222%
30−35
−222%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+4600%
1−2
−4600%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+2760%
5−6
−2760%
Hitman 3 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+1200%
4−5
−1200%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+4600%
1−2
−4600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+2650%
2−3
−2650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+3425%
4−5
−3425%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1300%
3−4
−1300%
Battlefield 5 24−27 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 20 0−1
Hitman 3 20−22 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+2460%
5−6
−2460%
Metro Exodus 23 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 0−1
Far Cry 5 14−16 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%

This is how GTX 970 and 9800M GTS compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970 is 2567% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970 is 4400% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 970 is 3700% faster in 4K

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

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 970 is 6400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 970 surpassed 9800M GTS in all 43 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 25.02 0.98
Recency 19 September 2014 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 148 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 970 has a 2453.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

9800M GTS, on the other hand, has 97.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 970 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970 is a desktop card while GeForce 9800M GTS is a notebook one.


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