Radeon Graphics 128SP vs GeForce 9800 GTX+
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1035 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.62 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | G92B | Raphael |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 January 2009 (15 years ago) | 27 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | no data |
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 | 128 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 738 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 3,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 141 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 47.23 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.47 TFLOPS | 0.5632 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 2 |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1100 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 70.4 GB/s | no data |
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 | Motherboard Dependent |
| 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) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 January 2009 | 27 September 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 141 Watt | 15 Watt |
Graphics 128SP has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 840% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GTX+ and Radeon Graphics 128SP. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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