ATI Radeon HD 4100 vs GeForce 9800M GTX SLI

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	824	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.46	no data
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code name	NB9E-GTX	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (17 years ago)	1 November 2009 (16 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	224	40
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	3016 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	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
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	10	10.1
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 July 2008	1 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	55 nm

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