NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT: specs and benchmarks

General info
Technical specs
Memory
Technologies
Benchmarks
Gaming
AMD equivalent
Advices and comments
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 9800 GT sales 21 July 2008 at a recommended price of $160. This is Tesla architecture desktop card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.9 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 57.6 GB / s.
Compatibility-wise, this is Single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 9" (22.9 cm). 2x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 105 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.58 percent of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile.
General info
Of GeForce 9800 GT's architecture, market type and release date.
Value for money (0-100)
0.74
Architecture
Tesla
Code name
G92
Type
Desktop
Release date
21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)
$160
Technical specs
GeForce 9800 GT's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9800 GT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
CUDA cores
112
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce 9800 GT's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Length
9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
SLI options
2-way
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9800 GT: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 9800 GT.
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S / PDIF
Technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce 9800 GT. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
3D Vision
+
CUDA
+
SLI
+
API support
APIs supported by GeForce 9800 GT, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of GeForce 9800 GT. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
0.58
Passmark
707
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good GeForce 9800 GT is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS. Comparisons with system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall GeForce 9800 GT performance compared to its nearest competitors. All GPU types participate.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce 9800 GT from AMD is Radeon HD 6550A, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.