GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

Place in performance ranking	859	845
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.04	0.31
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Carrizo	NB9E-GT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2015 (8 years ago)	15 July 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$999	$149

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

9800M GTS SLI has 675% better value for money than R7 (Carrizo).

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	512	128
Core clock speed	no data	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	150 Watt

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and GeForce 9800M GTS SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	512 MB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Shared memory	+	-

API support

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	10
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 (Carrizo) 1.93

9800M GTS SLI 1.99
+3.1%

GeForce 9800M GTS SLI outperforms Radeon R7 (Carrizo) by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R7 (Carrizo) 5200

9800M GTS SLI 5663
+8.9%

GeForce 9800M GTS SLI outperforms Radeon R7 (Carrizo) by 9% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

+0%

10−12

+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +20%	5−6 −20%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	1−2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

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

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how R7 (Carrizo) and 9800M GTS SLI compete in popular games:

9800M GTS SLI is 0% faster than R7 (Carrizo) in 1080p

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R7 (Carrizo) is 20% faster than the 9800M GTS SLI.
in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the 9800M GTS SLI is 50% faster than the R7 (Carrizo).

All in all, in popular games: