GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs Radeon R7 M260X

Place in performance ranking	789	847
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.31
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Mars	NB9E-GT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2014 (10 years ago)	15 July 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	no data	$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

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
Compute units	6	no data
Core clock speed	715 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	715 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	950 million	1508 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.16	no data
Floating-point performance	549.1 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 M260X 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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	no data	+

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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

no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.3	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Mantle	+	no data
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 M260X 2.54
+27.6%

9800M GTS SLI 1.99

Radeon R7 M260X outperforms GeForce 9800M GTS SLI by 28% 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 M260X 7640
+34.9%

9800M GTS SLI 5663

Radeon R7 M260X outperforms GeForce 9800M GTS SLI by 35% 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

15
+50%

10−12

−50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
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	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%