GeForce 9800S vs Radeon HD 7310
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1377 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.30 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Loveland | G94 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) | 15 July 2008 (17 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 | 80 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 19.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08 TFLOPS | 0.192 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 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).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 51.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 June 2012 | 15 July 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 75 Watt |
HD 7310 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7310 and GeForce 9800S. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7310 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 9800S is a notebook one.
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