GeForce 9800 GTX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Place in the ranking	1177	898
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.10
Power efficiency	1.36	0.98
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	M88	G92
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	28 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	320	128
Core clock speed	580 MHz	675 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	9.280	43.20
Floating-point processing power	0.3712 TFLOPS	0.4321 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	16	64

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	large	no data
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	750 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	70.4 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 Connectors	No outputs	HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.1	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	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
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Fortnite	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
World of Tanks	18−20 −189%	55−60 +189%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −167%	16−18 +167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
World of Tanks	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Valorant	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%