GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs Radeon R7 M260X

Place in the ranking	824	902
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.89
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Opal	NB9E-GT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 December 2015 (9 years ago)	15 July 2008 (16 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	384	128
Compute units	6	no data
Core clock speed	620 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.16	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.5491 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	24	no data

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	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
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 outputs

no data

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
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 M260X 2.56
+31.3%

9800M GTS SLI 1.95

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 M260X 7640
+34.9%

9800M GTS SLI 5663

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

13
+44.4%

9−10

−44.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +5.7%	35−40 −5.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +5.7%	35−40 −5.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +5.7%	35−40 −5.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+50%

4−5

−50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +36.4%	10−12 −36.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how R7 M260X and 9800M GTS SLI compete in popular games:

R7 M260X is 44% faster in 1080p

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R7 M260X is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

R7 M260X is ahead in 44 tests (83%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (17%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.56	1.95
Recency	6 December 2015	15 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm

R7 M260X has a 31.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R7 M260X is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS SLI in performance tests.

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