GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile vs 9800 GTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking895not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
Power efficiency0.98no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG92GB203
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 March 2008 (16 years ago)2025
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores1288192
Core clock speed675 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt175 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate43.20512.0
Floating-point processing power0.4321 TFLOPS32.77 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs64256
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/s1.01 TB/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 DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMIVia Adapter+
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 Model4.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 175 Watt

9800 GTX has 25% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GTX is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
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