Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 vs GeForce 9800M GTX

Place in the ranking	1068	373
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	1.08	14.73
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	G92	Vega Kaby Lake-G
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	7 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$328.50	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1280
CUDA cores per GPU	112	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	931 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1011 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.28 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	420	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	56	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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
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_1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
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	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
1440p	2−3 −1300%	28 +1300%
4K	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	109.50	no data
1440p	164.25	no data
4K	328.50	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−633%

21−24
+633%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −840%	47 +840%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −725%	33 +725%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −633%	21−24 +633%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3200%	30−35 +3200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −9200%	90−95 +9200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −421%	70−75 +421%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2300%	48 +2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −475%	45−50 +475%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −138%	75−80 +138%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −560%	30−35 +560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −650%	30 +650%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −633%	21−24 +633%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3200%	30−35 +3200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −1200%	35−40 +1200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −9200%	90−95 +9200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −421%	70−75 +421%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1750%	37 +1750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −475%	45−50 +475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −209%	30−35 +209%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −138%	75−80 +138%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −360%	23 +360%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −400%	20 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −633%	21−24 +633%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3200%	30−35 +3200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −9200%	90−95 +9200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −421%	70−75 +421%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −475%	45−50 +475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −118%	24 +118%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −138%	75−80 +138%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1500%

32
+1500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1000%	21−24 +1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1600%	17 +1600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	12
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Hitman 3	7−8 −143%	16−18 +143%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −625%	27−30 +625%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −1660%	85−90 +1660%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−425%

21
+425%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

10−11

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1000%	11 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −600%	7−8 +600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	4
Far Cry 5	0−1	8−9

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−400%

10
+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	53 +0%	53 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	41 +0%	41 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

21−24

+0%

21−24

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	15 +0%	15 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14 +0%	14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how 9800M GTX and RX Vega M GL / 870 compete in popular games:

RX Vega M GL / 870 is 1300% faster in 1080p
RX Vega M GL / 870 is 1300% faster in 1440p
RX Vega M GL / 870 is 1300% 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 RX Vega M GL / 870 is 9200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega M GL / 870 is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	13.95
Recency	15 July 2008	7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	65 Watt

RX Vega M GL / 870 has a 1082.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX in performance tests.

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