CMP 90HX vs GeForce 9800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1036not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency0.71no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG92GA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date21 July 2008 (16 years ago)28 July 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1126400
Core clock speed600 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1710 MHz
Number of transistors754 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt320 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate33.60342.0
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPS21.89 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs56200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mm285 mm
Height1-slotno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin2x 8-pin
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s760.3 GB/s

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 ConnectorsHDTVDual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 July 2008 28 July 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 320 Watt

9800 GT has 204.8% lower power consumption.

CMP 90HX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GT and CMP 90HX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GT is a desktop card while CMP 90HX is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
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