Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 vs GeForce 9800M GT SLI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	936	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.10	no data
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code name	NB9E-GT2	GMA 900
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (17 years ago)	1 March 2005 (20 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	192	4
Core clock speed	500 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	no 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).

Laptop size	large	no 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 type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	10	no data
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 July 2008	1 March 2005
Chip lithography	65 nm	130 nm

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