GeForce 9800M GTS SLI: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce 9800M GTS SLI provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.76% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
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Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce 9800M GTS SLI sales 15 July 2008. This is a G9x architecture notebook card based on 55 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 800 GHz are supplied.
Power consumption is at 150 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce 9800M GTS SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 946 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 0.90 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | G9x (2007−2010) | |
| GPU code name | NB9E-GT | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 15 July 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce 9800M GTS SLI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9800M GTS SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 1508 Million | of 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | |
| SLI options | + |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9800M GTS SLI: 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 | 512 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | of 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Shared memory | - |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce 9800M GTS SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 10 | |
| CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 9800M GTS SLI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
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.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good GeForce 9800M GTS SLI 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
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Fortnite | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−11 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | |
| Valorant | 35−40 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1−2 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 35−40 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Dota 2 | 21−24 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Fortnite | 7−8 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−11 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 3−4 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 3−4 | |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9 | |
| Valorant | 35−40 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Dota 2 | 21−24 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−11 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 10−12 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 8−9 | |
| Valorant | 35−40 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 | |
| Valorant | 12−14 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | |
| Valorant | 9−10 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge), which is faster by 1% and higher by 1 position in our ranking.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce 9800M GTS SLI:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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