GeForce 9800M GT SLI vs Radeon RX 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 8060S and GeForce 9800M GT SLI, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX 8060S
2025
40.46
+2041%

8060S outperforms 9800M SLI by a whopping 2041% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking118954
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.12
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code nameno dataNB9E-GT2
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2025 (1 year 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 cores40192
Core clock speedno data500 MHz
Boost clock speed2900 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1508 Million
Manufacturing process technologyno data65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data130 Watt

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 sizeno datalarge
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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MHz
Shared memory+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data10
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 8060S 40.46
+2041%
9800M GT SLI 1.89

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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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.

RX 8060S 96996
+1447%
9800M GT SLI 6271

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 HD103
+2475%
4−5
−2475%
1440p51
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
4K35
+3400%
1−2
−3400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 220−230
+7367%
3−4
−7367%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+2300%
4−5
−2300%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 110−120
+11000%
1−2
−11000%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 130−140
+2640%
5−6
−2640%
Counter-Strike 2 215
+7067%
3−4
−7067%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+2300%
4−5
−2300%
Far Cry 5 96
+1820%
5−6
−1820%
Fortnite 170−180
+2100%
8−9
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+1470%
10−11
−1470%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+3125%
4−5
−3125%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+1345%
10−12
−1345%
Valorant 230−240
+518%
35−40
−518%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 130−140
+2640%
5−6
−2640%
Counter-Strike 2 109
+3533%
3−4
−3533%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+615%
35−40
−615%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+2300%
4−5
−2300%
Far Cry 5 95
+1800%
5−6
−1800%
Fortnite 170−180
+2100%
8−9
−2100%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+1470%
10−11
−1470%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+3125%
4−5
−3125%
Grand Theft Auto V 127
+4133%
3−4
−4133%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+3167%
3−4
−3167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+1345%
10−12
−1345%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+1750%
8−9
−1750%
Valorant 230−240
+518%
35−40
−518%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 130−140
+2640%
5−6
−2640%
Cyberpunk 2077 95−100
+2300%
4−5
−2300%
Far Cry 5 92
+1740%
5−6
−1740%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
+1470%
10−11
−1470%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+1345%
10−12
−1345%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 101
+1163%
8−9
−1163%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 170−180
+2100%
8−9
−2100%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 71
+1320%
5−6
−1320%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 280−290
+1957%
14−16
−1957%
Grand Theft Auto V 70
+2233%
3−4
−2233%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+2900%
2−3
−2900%
Valorant 260−270
+1938%
12−14
−1938%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110
+2475%
4−5
−2475%
Cyberpunk 2077 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Far Cry 5 100−105
+3233%
3−4
−3233%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+2260%
5−6
−2260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
+2533%
3−4
−2533%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 100−110
+3533%
3−4
−3533%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Grand Theft Auto V 76
+443%
14−16
−443%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+2100%
3−4
−2100%
Valorant 240−250
+2667%
9−10
−2667%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70
+2067%
3−4
−2067%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry 5 55−60 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 55−60
+1800%
3−4
−1800%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%

Full HD
High

Dota 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Dota 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
High

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

This is how RX 8060S and 9800M GT SLI compete in popular games:

  • RX 8060S is 2475% faster in 1080p
  • RX 8060S is 2450% faster in 1440p
  • RX 8060S is 3400% faster in 4K

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

  • in Resident Evil 4 Remake, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RX 8060S is 11000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 8060S performs better in 44 tests (90%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 40.46 1.89
Recency 6 January 2025 15 July 2008

RX 8060S has a 2041% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 16 years.

The Radeon RX 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GT SLI in performance tests.

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