Radeon R6 M340DX vs GeForce 9800M GT SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9800M GT SLI and Radeon R6 M340DX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9800M GT SLI
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 130 Watt
2.04

R6 M340DX outperforms 9800M GT SLI by a considerable 40% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking889795
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.08no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameNB9E-GT2Jet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)12 December 2015 (9 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 cores192384
Core clock speed500 MHz955 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million690 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data24.72
Floating-point processing powerno data0.791 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 sizelargemedium sized
Interfaceno dataIGP
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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX1012 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA+-

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 HD6−7
−50%
9
+50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Dota 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Fortnite 10−11
−60%
16−18
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−30%
24−27
+30%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+50%
6
−50%
World of Tanks 35−40
−30.8%
50−55
+30.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Dota 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−23.1%
16−18
+23.1%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
−30%
24−27
+30%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 14−16
−42.9%
20−22
+42.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
World of Tanks 12−14
−46.2%
18−20
+46.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 2−3
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Valorant 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Fortnite 0−1 1−2
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 1−2
Valorant 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how 9800M GT SLI and R6 M340DX compete in popular games:

  • R6 M340DX is 50% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the 9800M GT SLI is 50% faster.
  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R6 M340DX is 150% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • 9800M GT SLI is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • R6 M340DX is ahead in 34 tests (61%)
  • there's a draw in 21 test (38%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.04 2.86
Recency 15 July 2008 12 December 2015
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm

R6 M340DX has a 40.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R6 M340DX is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GT SLI in performance tests.


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