GeForce 9800S vs 8600 GTS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1318	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	0.56	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G84	G94
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 April 2007 (18 years ago)	15 July 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	32	64
Core clock speed	675 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	289 million	505 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.80	19.20
Floating-point processing power	0.0928 TFLOPS	0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	32
L2 Cache	32 KB	64 KB

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	51.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF + HDA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 April 2007	15 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt