Arc A770 vs GeForce 9800S

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated154
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data54.56
Power efficiencyno data10.36
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameG94DG2-512
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores644096
Core clock speed600 MHz2100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2400 MHz
Number of transistors505 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20614.4
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS19.66 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs32256
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s512.0 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 ConnectorsVGAHDMISingle Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 July 2008 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt

GeForce 9800S has 200% lower power consumption.

Arc A770, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800S and Arc A770. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9800S is a notebook card while Arc A770 is a desktop one.


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