ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 vs GeForce GTX 470M SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking634not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameN11E-GTM18
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 November 2010 (15 years ago)1 July 2004 (21 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 cores57612
Core clock speed535 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speedno data350 MHz
Number of transistorsno data160 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Texture fill rateno data2.800
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data8

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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataAGP 8x

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data19.2 GB/s
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX119.0b (9_2)
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2010 1 July 2004
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm

GTX 470M SLI has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470M SLI and Mobility Radeon 9800. We've got no test results to judge.

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