NVIDIA started GeForce 9800M GTS sales 15 July 2008. This is a G9x architecture notebook card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 800 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 75 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 9800M GTS: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	1060
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	NB9E-GT
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$230	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce 9800M GTS's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9800M GTS's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	64
Core clock speed	600 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	505 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	19.20	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)
Gigaflops	240

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9800M GTS's 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 size	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9800M GTS: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 9800M GTS. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 9800M GTS, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 9800M GTS. 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 GTS 1.04

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

9800M GTS 401

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: 17%

9800M GTS 4060

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 9800M GTS is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1
Metro Exodus	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Hitman 3	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6

Closest competitors

GeForce 9800M GTS's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook video cards.

GeForce GTS 350M 100.96

GeForce GT 420M 100.96

Mobility Radeon HD 4650 100

GeForce 9800M GTS 100

Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) 99.04

Radeon R4 (Beema) 99.04

GeForce 8800M GTS 95.19

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 9800M GTS is Mobility Radeon HD 4650, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.