GeForce 9800M GS vs Iris Xe Graphics G7

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Iris Xe Graphics G7 and GeForce 9800M GS, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Iris Xe Graphics G7
2020
9.98
+613%

Iris Xe Graphics G7 outperforms 9800M GS by a whopping 613% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4461005
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.66
ArchitectureGen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTiger Lake XeG94
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2020 (4 years ago)1 November 2008 (16 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 cores9664
Core clock speedno data530 MHz
Number of transistorsno data505 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data60 Watt
Texture fill rateno data16.96
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1696 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data254
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0
Quick Sync+no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX 12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

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
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+720%
5−6
−720%
Fortnite 60−65
+650%
8−9
−650%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+471%
7−8
−471%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+690%
10−11
−690%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
Valorant 40−45
+700%
5−6
−700%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Dota 2 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+273%
10−12
−273%
Fortnite 60−65
+900%
6−7
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+471%
7−8
−471%
Grand Theft Auto V 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Metro Exodus 27−30 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+427%
14−16
−427%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+286%
7−8
−286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+343%
7−8
−343%
Valorant 40−45
+700%
5−6
−700%
World of Tanks 140−150
+390%
30−33
−390%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Dota 2 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+273%
10−12
−273%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+471%
7−8
−471%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+427%
14−16
−427%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 60−65
+650%
8−9
−650%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10 0−1
Valorant 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 5−6 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%
Valorant 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Dota 2 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
World of Tanks 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Valorant 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Iris Xe Graphics G7 is 3600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Iris Xe Graphics G7 is ahead in 24 tests (57%)
  • there's a draw in 18 tests (43%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.98 1.40
Recency 15 August 2020 1 November 2008
Chip lithography 10 nm 65 nm

Iris Xe Graphics G7 has a 612.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

The Iris Xe Graphics G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GS in performance tests.


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