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
1.29
+4.9%

820M outperforms 9800M GS by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10521073
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.56
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 compatibility

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-+

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

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+3%
30−35
−3%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−33
+3.4%
27−30
−3.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Fortnite 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 30−35
+3%
30−35
−3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Valorant 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

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

1440p
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

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

  • in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 820M is 33% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 820M performs better in 9 tests (18%)
  • there's a draw in 41 tests (82%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 1.29 1.23
Recency 2 June 2024 1 November 2008
Chip lithography 4 nm 65 nm

Radeon 820M has a 4.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon 820M and GeForce 9800M GS.

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