NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs AMD Radeon R9 M360

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Combined performance score

R9 M360
4.74
+285%

Radeon R9 M360 outperforms GeForce 9800 GT by 285% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking6071000
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.070.02
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTropoG92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (8 years old)21 July 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$160
Current price$1140 $154 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 M360 has 250% better value for money than 9800 GT.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores512112
CUDA coresno data112
Compute units8no data
Core clock speed900 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate29.6033.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performance947.2 gflops336.0 gflops

Size and 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data9" (22.9 cm)
Heightno data1-slot
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s57.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsHDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Eyefinity1no data
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCLNot Listed1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M360 4.74
+285%
9800 GT 1.23

Radeon R9 M360 outperforms GeForce 9800 GT by 285% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 M360 1836
+284%
9800 GT 478

Radeon R9 M360 outperforms GeForce 9800 GT by 284% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.74 1.23
Recency 5 May 2015 21 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

The Radeon R9 M360 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800 GT in performance tests.


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