Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Iris Xe MAX Graphics, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Iris Xe MAX Graphics outperforms 9800M GTS SLI by a whopping 162% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 903 | 622 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.95 | 15.00 |
| Architecture | G9x (2007−2010) | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) |
| GPU code name | NB9E-GT | DG1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 July 2008 (16 years ago) | 31 October 2020 (3 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 cores | 128 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1508 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 79.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.534 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 24 |
| TMUs | no data | 48 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| 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 type | GDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 68.26 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
| 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 HD | 10−12
−170%
| 27
+170%
|
| 1440p | 7−8
−186%
| 20
+186%
|
| 4K | 6−7
−167%
| 16
+167%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8
−286%
|
27−30
+286%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−3500%
|
35−40
+3500%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6
−360%
|
21−24
+360%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−800%
|
27−30
+800%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
−540%
|
30−35
+540%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−850%
|
75−80
+850%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−243%
|
24
+243%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20
−239%
|
60−65
+239%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−725%
|
33
+725%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11
−270%
|
35−40
+270%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
−94.3%
|
65−70
+94.3%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8
−286%
|
27−30
+286%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−3500%
|
35−40
+3500%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6
−360%
|
21−24
+360%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−800%
|
27−30
+800%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
−540%
|
30−35
+540%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−850%
|
75−80
+850%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−229%
|
23
+229%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20
−239%
|
60−65
+239%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−700%
|
30−35
+700%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11
−230%
|
33
+230%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−142%
|
27−30
+142%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
−94.3%
|
65−70
+94.3%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8
−286%
|
27−30
+286%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6
−360%
|
21−24
+360%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−800%
|
27−30
+800%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−850%
|
75−80
+850%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−200%
|
21
+200%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 18−20
−44.4%
|
26
+44.4%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11
−190%
|
29
+190%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14
−50%
|
18
+50%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
−94.3%
|
65−70
+94.3%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
−525%
|
25
+525%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 3−4
−633%
|
21−24
+633%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4
−467%
|
16−18
+467%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−450%
|
10−12
+450%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2
−1100%
|
12−14
+1100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−500%
|
6−7
+500%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−550%
|
12−14
+550%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
−100%
|
14−16
+100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 6−7
−283%
|
21−24
+283%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−1000%
|
10−12
+1000%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 10−12
−555%
|
70−75
+555%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
−280%
|
18−20
+280%
|
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 1−2
−700%
|
8−9
+700%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 2−3
−250%
|
7−8
+250%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2
−400%
|
5−6
+400%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 5−6 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−500%
|
6−7
+500%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 0−1 | 4−5 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
−267%
|
10−12
+267%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 19
+0%
|
19
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 57
+0%
|
57
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 6
+0%
|
6
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 43
+0%
|
43
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 20
+0%
|
20
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 11
+0%
|
11
+0%
|
This is how 9800M GTS SLI and Iris Xe MAX Graphics compete in popular games:
- Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 170% faster in 1080p
- Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 186% faster in 1440p
- Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 167% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Iris Xe MAX Graphics is 3500% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Iris Xe MAX Graphics is ahead in 53 tests (76%)
- there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.95 | 5.11 |
| Recency | 15 July 2008 | 31 October 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 25 Watt |
Iris Xe MAX Graphics has a 162.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 450% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.
The Iris Xe MAX Graphics is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS SLI in performance tests.
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