GeForce3 vs GeForce 9800 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1045	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	G92	NV20 A5
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 July 2008 (16 years ago)	27 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	112	no data
CUDA cores	112	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	57 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	33.60	1.600
Floating-point processing power	0.336 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	56	8

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 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm	165 mm
Height	1-slot	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
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	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	230 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	3.68 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 Connectors	HDTVDual Link DVI	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Multi monitor support	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	8.0
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 July 2008	27 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	150 nm

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