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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

19%
19%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

514%
514%
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition is approximately 495% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
G92
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
112
2048
TMUsDifferent
56
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
G92
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
G92-270-A2
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
Tesla
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
65 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
754 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
2.3M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
324 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
FCBGA-1148
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Jul 21st, 2008
Jun 22nd, 2012
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 9(9800)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 8
Northern Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 200
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
160 USD
499 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
46 in our database
191 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU ClockDifferent
600 MHz
N/A
Shader ClockDifferent
1500 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
900 MHz1800 Mbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
Base ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
N/A
1050 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
512 MB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
57.60 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
112
2048
TMUsDifferent
56
128
ROPsDifferent
16
32
SM CountDifferent
14
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
64 KB
768 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
32
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
9.600 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
33.60 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
336.0 GFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
229 mm9 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
TDPDifferent
125 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x S-Video
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P360 SKU 50,P392 SKU 51, P393 SKU 0, P393 SKU 4, P393 SKU 14
109-C38637-00
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTAMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_1)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
1.1
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.0
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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