GeForce 9800S vs Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | TU104B | G94 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 8 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 15 July 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 cores | 3072 | 64 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 1035 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1545 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 296.6 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.492 TFLOPS | 0.192 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 192 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 51.2 GB/s |
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 | VGAHDMISingle Link DVI |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | S/PDIF + HDA |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 June 2020 | 15 July 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 75 Watt |
RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce 9800S, on the other hand, has 46.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh and GeForce 9800S. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile Refresh is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 9800S is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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