ATI Radeon 9800 vs GeForce GT 130M

Place in the ranking	1265	1421
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.15	0.28
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	G96C	R350
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	8 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 March 2003 (21 year 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	32	no data
Core clock speed	600 MHz	325 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	37 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.600	2.600
Floating-point processing power	0.096 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	144	no data
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	16	8

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	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
SLI options	2-way	-

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 (DDR2)/800 (GDDR3) MHz	290 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 (DDR2)/25 (GDDR3)	18.56 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	Single Link DVIDisplayPortVGAHDMIDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

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.

GT 130M 0.38
+153%

ATI 9800 0.15

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.

GT 130M 146
+156%

ATI 9800 57

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +180%	10−11 −180%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +180%	10−11 −180%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 +200%	3−4 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +180%	10−11 −180%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.38	0.15
Recency	8 January 2009	1 March 2003
Chip lithography	55 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	37 Watt

GT 130M has a 153.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 172.7% more advanced lithography process, and 60.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 130M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9800 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 130M is a notebook card while Radeon 9800 is a desktop one.

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