HD Graphics 6EU vs GeForce 9800S
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Generation 7.0 (2012−2013) |
| GPU code name | G94 | Ivy Bridge GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 1 April 2012 (13 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 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1050 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 6.300 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 TFLOPS | 0.1008 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 1 |
| TMUs | 32 | 6 |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | VGAHDMISingle Link DVI | Motherboard Dependent |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF + HDA | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | + |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 July 2008 | 1 April 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 22 nm |
HD Graphics 6EU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800S and HD Graphics 6EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9800S is a notebook graphics card while HD Graphics 6EU is a desktop one.
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