AMD Radeon R7 M270 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI

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Games supported 57%
9800M GT SLI
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
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  • Interface
  • Core clock speed 500
  • Max video memory 512 MB
  • Memory type GDDR3
  • Memory clock speed 800
  • Maximum resolution
R7 M270
Radeon R7 M270
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
  • Core clock speed 825
  • Max video memory 0
  • Memory type Not Listed
  • Memory clock speed 0
  • Maximum resolution
Price now no data
Games supported 57%

General info

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

Place in performance ranking802803
Value for money0.07no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameNB9E-GT2Opal XT / Mars
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 July 2008 (14 years old)7 January 2014 (9 years old)
Current price$545 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192384
Core clock speed500 MHz825 MHz
Number of transistors1508 Million950 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data19.80
Floating-point performanceno data633.6 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 9800M GT SLI and Radeon R7 M270 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
SLI options+no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount512 MB0 MB
Memory bus width256 BitNot Listed
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1

API support

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

DirectX10DirectX® 11
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Mantleno data+
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.

9800M GT SLI 1.91
R7 M270 1.91

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

9800M GT SLI 6271
R7 M270 6715
+7.1%

Radeon R7 M270 outperforms GeForce 9800M GT SLI by 7% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 HDno data15

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 0−1 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

All in all, in popular games:

  • 9800M GT SLI is ahead in 0 tests (0%)
  • R7 M270 is ahead in 0 tests (0%)
  • there's a draw in 48 tests (100%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 15 July 2008 7 January 2014
Pipelines / CUDA cores 192 384
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GT SLI and Radeon R7 M270. The differences in performance seem too small.


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