Radeon RX Vega 11 vs GeForce 9800 GX2

Place in performance ranking	832	571
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.09	0.77
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code name	G92	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	18 March 2008 (16 years ago)	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data
Current price	$140 (0.2x MSRP)	$475

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 11 has 756% better value for money than 9800 GX2.

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 cores	128	704
CUDA cores	256 (128 per GPU)	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1240 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	197 Watt	65 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion/sec	61.60
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops	1,760 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	2-slot	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	None
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	512 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	128 (64 per GPU)	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.4
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	no 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.

9800 GX2 2.06

RX Vega 11 5.47
+166%

Radeon RX Vega 11 outperforms GeForce 9800 GX2 by 166% based on our aggregated 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%

9800 GX2 797

RX Vega 11 2120
+166%

Radeon RX Vega 11 outperforms GeForce 9800 GX2 by 166% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	10−12 −180%	28 +180%
1440p	2−3 −200%	6 +200%
4K	4−5 −200%	12 +200%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	2.06	5.47
Recency	18 March 2008	26 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	197 Watt	65 Watt