GeForce 9800 GT vs GTX 1660 Super

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Super and GeForce 9800 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1660 Super
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 125 Watt
33.09
+2569%

GTX 1660 Super outperforms 9800 GT by a whopping 2569% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1621040
Place by popularity8not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation58.570.07
Power efficiency18.150.68
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTU116G92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 October 2019 (5 years ago)21 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $160

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Super has 83571% better value for money than 9800 GT.

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 cores1408112
Core clock speed1530 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate157.133.60
Floating-point processing power5.027 TFLOPS0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs8856

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm229 mm
Heightno data1-slot
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortHDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Supported technologies

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

NVENC+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.54.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.5+

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.

GTX 1660 Super 33.09
+2569%
9800 GT 1.24

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.

GTX 1660 Super 12749
+2567%
9800 GT 478

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 HD90
+2900%
3−4
−2900%
1440p54
+2600%
2−3
−2600%
4K29
+2800%
1−2
−2800%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.5453.33
1440p4.2480.00
4K7.90160.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 76
+3700%
2−3
−3700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 88
+2833%
3−4
−2833%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+2575%
4−5
−2575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80
+3900%
2−3
−3900%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
+3050%
2−3
−3050%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Far Cry New Dawn 121
+2925%
4−5
−2925%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+2817%
6−7
−2817%
Hitman 3 77
+3750%
2−3
−3750%
Horizon Zero Dawn 321
+2575%
12−14
−2575%
Metro Exodus 144
+2780%
5−6
−2780%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+3900%
2−3
−3900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+2825%
4−5
−2825%
Watch Dogs: Legion 217
+2613%
8−9
−2613%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 135
+2600%
5−6
−2600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+4700%
1−2
−4700%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+2575%
4−5
−2575%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 72
+3500%
2−3
−3500%
Cyberpunk 2077 52
+5100%
1−2
−5100%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
+2767%
3−4
−2767%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+2817%
6−7
−2817%
Hitman 3 75
+3650%
2−3
−3650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 290
+2800%
10−11
−2800%
Metro Exodus 118
+2850%
4−5
−2850%
Red Dead Redemption 2 89
+2867%
3−4
−2867%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+3125%
4−5
−3125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+3350%
2−3
−3350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 208
+2871%
7−8
−2871%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 51
+5000%
1−2
−5000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55
+2650%
2−3
−2650%
Cyberpunk 2077 49
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+3600%
2−3
−3600%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+2575%
4−5
−2575%
Hitman 3 65
+3150%
2−3
−3150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 99
+3200%
3−4
−3200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 112
+2700%
4−5
−2700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 61
+2950%
2−3
−2950%
Watch Dogs: Legion 31
+3000%
1−2
−3000%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 57
+2750%
2−3
−2750%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+3050%
2−3
−3050%
Far Cry New Dawn 57
+2750%
2−3
−2750%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 34
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 38
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Cyberpunk 2077 26 0−1
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+2614%
7−8
−2614%
Hitman 3 43
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 71
+3450%
2−3
−3450%
Metro Exodus 67
+3250%
2−3
−3250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80
+3900%
2−3
−3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+4400%
1−2
−4400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 196
+2700%
7−8
−2700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 56
+2700%
2−3
−2700%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
Far Cry New Dawn 31
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Hitman 3 25 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 66
+3200%
2−3
−3200%
Metro Exodus 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
+3900%
1−2
−3900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 19 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Far Cry 5 18−20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 54
+2600%
2−3
−2600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+2700%
1−2
−2700%

This is how GTX 1660 Super and 9800 GT compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Super is 2900% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 2600% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Super is 2800% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.09 1.24
Recency 29 October 2019 21 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 105 Watt

GTX 1660 Super has a 2568.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

9800 GT, on the other hand, has 19% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800 GT in performance tests.


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