Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) vs GeForce 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 evaluation0.10no data
Power efficiency0.98no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)
GPU code nameG92Alder Lake Xe
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 March 2008 (16 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
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 cores12864
Core clock speed675 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1400 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)140 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate43.20no data
Floating-point processing power0.4321 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs64no data

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 x16no data
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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1100 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMIVia Adapter-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)DirectX 12_1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 March 2008 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm

Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800 GTX and Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800 GTX is a desktop card while Iris Xe Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake) is a notebook one.


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