Radeon HD 6970M X2 vs GeForce 9800S
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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) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G94 | Blackcomb |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 4 January 2011 (15 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 | 960 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | 1,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 32.64 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 TFLOPS | 1.306 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 512 KB |
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 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s | 115.2 GB/s ×2 |
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 | Portable Device 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) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 July 2008 | 4 January 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 150 Watt |
GeForce 9800S has 100% lower power consumption.
HD 6970M X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 63% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9800S and Radeon HD 6970M X2. We've got no test results to judge.
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