GeForce 9800M GS vs Radeon 820M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 820M and GeForce 9800M GS, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 820M
2024
4.74
+305%

820M outperforms 9800M GS by a whopping 305% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6621077
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.57
ArchitectureRDNA 3+ (2024)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameKrackan PointG94
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 June 2024 (1 year 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 cores12864
Core clock speedno data530 MHz
Boost clock speed2900 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data505 million
Manufacturing process technology4 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
L2 Cacheno data64 KB

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speed7500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR+-

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
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

API and SDK support

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

DirectXno data11.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Radeon 820M 4.74
+305%
9800M GS 1.17

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.

Radeon 820M 2098
+307%
Samples: 1
9800M GS 516
Samples: 68

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

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Fortnite 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
Valorant 60−65
+87.9%
30−35
−87.9%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
+200%
27−30
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Fortnite 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Valorant 60−65
+87.9%
30−35
−87.9%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+200%
8−9
−200%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+122%
9−10
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 30−33
+900%
3−4
−900%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+388%
8−9
−388%
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
Valorant 55−60
+1300%
4−5
−1300%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Valorant 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

Full HD
High

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
High

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 820M is 2000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 820M performs better in 45 tests (90%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.74 1.17
Recency 2 June 2024 1 November 2008
Chip lithography 4 nm 65 nm

Radeon 820M has a 305.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 820M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GS in performance tests.

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