GMA X3000 vs GeForce 9800M GT

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1071not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.18no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameNB9E-GT2Broadwater
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 July 2008 (15 years ago)1 June 2006 (18 years ago)
Current price$61 $114

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores96no data
CUDA cores96no data
Core clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate24.004.000
Floating-point performance240 gflopsno data
Gigaflops360no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9800M GT and GMA X3000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 1 June 2006
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 13 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800M GT and GMA X3000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GT is a notebook card while GMA X3000 is a desktop one.


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