GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs Radeon R7 A265

Place in performance ranking	784	987
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.06	0.03
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Opal	G92B
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2014 (10 years old)	16 January 2009 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$229
Current price	$324	$151 (0.7x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 A265 has 100% better value for money than 9800 GTX+.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	128
CUDA cores	no data	128
Core clock speed	725 MHz	738 MHz
Boost clock speed	825 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	141 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	19.80	47.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops	470.0 gflops

Size and 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 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 6-pin
SLI options	no data	+

Memory

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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	70.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 A265 2.56
+95.4%

9800 GTX+ 1.31

Radeon R7 A265 outperforms GeForce 9800 GTX+ by 95% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R7 A265 993
+96.2%

9800 GTX+ 506

Radeon R7 A265 outperforms GeForce 9800 GTX+ by 96% in Passmark.