Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) vs GeForce 9800M GTS

Place in the ranking	1126	1072
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.85	5.37
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	G94	Stoney Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 July 2008 (16 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 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	64	192
Core clock speed	600 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.192 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	240	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no data

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
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 outputs

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 0.93

R4 (Stoney Ridge) 1.17
+25.8%

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.

9800M GTS 4060
+59.7%

R4 (Stoney Ridge) 2542

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

6−7

−33.3%

8
+33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +20%	5 −20%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Fortnite	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
World of Tanks	21−24 −18.2%	24−27 +18.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12 −18.2%	12−14 +18.2%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
World of Tanks	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	0−1	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

This is how 9800M GTS and R4 (Stoney Ridge) compete in popular games:

R4 (Stoney Ridge) is 33% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the 9800M GTS is 20% faster.
in World of Tanks, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R4 (Stoney Ridge) is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9800M GTS is ahead in 1 test (3%)
R4 (Stoney Ridge) is ahead in 13 tests (33%)
there's a draw in 25 tests (64%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.93	1.17
Recency	29 July 2008	1 June 2016
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt

R4 (Stoney Ridge) has a 25.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTS in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.