GeForce 9800M GT vs Radeon R7 370

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 370 with GeForce 9800M GT, including specs and performance data.

R7 370
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 110 Watt
11.68
+1080%

R7 370 outperforms 9800M GT by a whopping 1080% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4041101
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.43no data
Power efficiency7.351.05
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTrinidadG92
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores102496
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Boost clock speed975 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate62.4024.00
Floating-point processing power1.997 TFLOPS0.24 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data360
ROPs3216
TMUs6448

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length152 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

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 speed975 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-
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.

R7 370 11.68
+1080%
9800M GT 0.99

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.

R7 370 4508
+1083%
9800M GT 381

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.

R7 370 28723
+616%
9800M GT 4011

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 HD46
+1433%
3−4
−1433%
1440p53
+1225%
4−5
−1225%
4K19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.24no data
1440p2.81no data
4K7.84no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1200%
6−7
−1200%
Hitman 3 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+377%
12−14
−377%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+113%
30−35
−113%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+1133%
3−4
−1133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1200%
6−7
−1200%
Hitman 3 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+377%
12−14
−377%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 89
+790%
10−11
−790%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+113%
30−35
−113%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1200%
6−7
−1200%
Hitman 3 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+377%
12−14
−377%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+443%
7−8
−443%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+120%
10−11
−120%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+113%
30−35
−113%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+1300%
4−5
−1300%
Hitman 3 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+1725%
4−5
−1725%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 8−9 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+1250%
4−5
−1250%
Metro Exodus 10−11 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%

This is how R7 370 and 9800M GT compete in popular games:

  • R7 370 is 1433% faster in 1080p
  • R7 370 is 1225% faster in 1440p
  • R7 370 is 1800% 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 R7 370 is 3100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R7 370 surpassed 9800M GT in all 43 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.68 0.99
Recency 18 June 2015 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 65 Watt

R7 370 has a 1079.8% 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 GT, on the other hand, has 69.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 370 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 370 is a desktop card while GeForce 9800M GT is a notebook one.


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

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