GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand vs 3 Go

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataTesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameno dataG92
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2002 (22 years ago)21 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$160

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 coresno data128
Core clock speedno data725 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistors27 Million754 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rateno data46.40
Floating-point processing powerno data0.448 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data64

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount64 MB512 MB
Memory bus width32 / 64 / 128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 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 data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectXDDR11.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2002 21 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 150 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 125 Watt

GeForce 3 Go has 6150% lower power consumption.

9800 GT Rebrand, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 3 Go and GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 3 Go is a notebook card while GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand is a desktop one.


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