AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
AMD Caicos
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
533
TeraScale 2
Architecture
G9x
Caicos
Code name
NB9E-GT
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
15 July 2008 (13 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
$149
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Value for money
1.22
Caicos
GPU code name
NB9E-GT
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
128
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Core clock speed
600 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
1508 Million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55/65 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
128
370 million
Number of transistors
1508 Million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.

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Laptop size
large
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SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Shared memory
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
+
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PureVideo HD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
4.4
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $149)

More pipelines (160 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55/65 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI

7.14% faster in synthetic tests

So, AMD Caicos or NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI .

AMD Caicos versus NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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