GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs 9800M GTX

Place in the ranking	1064	48
Place by popularity	not in top-100	23
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	69.68
Power efficiency	1.09	18.46
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G92	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$328.50	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 Ti has 174100% better value for money than 9800M GTX.

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	112	4864
CUDA cores per GPU	112	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1665 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	253.1
Floating-point processing power	0.28 TFLOPS	16.2 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	420	no data
ROPs	16	80
TMUs	56	152
Tensor Cores	no data	152
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	38

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	448.0 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 outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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 GTX 1.18

RTX 3060 Ti 53.11
+4401%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

9800M GTX 454

RTX 3060 Ti 20490
+4413%

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 GTX 4825

RTX 3060 Ti 78597
+1529%

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	3−4 −4700%	144 +4700%
1440p	1−2 −7700%	78 +7700%
4K	1−2 −5000%	51 +5000%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	109.50	2.77
1440p	328.50	5.12
4K	328.50	7.82

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−2667%

83
+2667%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −2320%	121 +2320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2475%	100−110 +2475%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2600%	81 +2600%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −10400%	100−110 +10400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −4200%	120−130 +4200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −21700%	210−220 +21700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1767%	110−120 +1767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1371%	200−210 +1371%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −5400%	110−120 +5400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2513%	200−210 +2513%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −350%	140−150 +350%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3820%	196 +3820%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2475%	100−110 +2475%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2500%	78 +2500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −10400%	100−110 +10400%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −4200%	120−130 +4200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −21700%	210−220 +21700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1767%	110−120 +1767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1371%	200−210 +1371%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −5400%	110−120 +5400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2300%	192 +2300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −900%	110−120 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −350%	140−150 +350%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1400%	75 +1400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2475%	100−110 +2475%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2467%	77 +2467%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −10400%	100−110 +10400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −17200%	173 +17200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1767%	110−120 +1767%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −900%	140 +900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2075%	174 +2075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −736%	92 +736%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −141%	77 +141%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−5400%

110−120
+5400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −10900%	110−120 +10900%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −4000%	80−85 +4000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −6400%	65 +6400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	60−65
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5100%	52 +5100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −6100%	60−65 +6100%
Hitman 3	7−8 −957%	70−75 +957%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2750%	114 +2750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	85−90
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −4840%	247 +4840%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2175%

90−95
+2175%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

45−50

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4400%	45 +4400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3900%	40 +3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	35−40
Far Cry 5	0−1	30−35

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2450%

50−55
+2450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95 +0%	95 +0%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +0%	81 +0%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%
Metro Exodus	93 +0%	93 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	139 +0%	139 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Hitman 3	57 +0%	57 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	77 +0%	77 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	25 +0%	25 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	103 +0%	103 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	84 +0%	84 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	33 +0%	33 +0%

This is how 9800M GTX and RTX 3060 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Ti is 4700% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Ti is 7700% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Ti is 5000% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3060 Ti is 21700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Ti is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	53.11
Recency	15 July 2008	1 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	200 Watt

9800M GTX has 166.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Ti, on the other hand, has a 4400.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9800M GTX is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a desktop one.

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