GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q vs 9800 GX2

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking835not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameG92AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 March 2008 (16 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$140 (0.2x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores1287280
CUDA cores256 (128 per GPU)no data
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors754 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)197 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate76.8 billion/sec324.0
Floating-point performance2x 384.0 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length10.5" (26.7 cm)no data
Height2-slotno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors6-pin & 8-pinNone
SLI options+no data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB12 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth128 (64 per GPU)336.0 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 ConnectorsHDMIDual Link DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm

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