Radeon E9390 PCIe vs GeForce 9800M GS
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1091 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.58 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | G94 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2008 (17 years ago) | 15 October 2019 (6 years ago) |
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 | 64 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 530 MHz | 713 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1089 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 16.96 | 122.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1696 TFLOPS | 3.903 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 254 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 448 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2008 | 15 October 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 75 Watt |
9800M GS has 25% lower power consumption.
E9390 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GS and Radeon E9390 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.
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