NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

864
Place in performance rating
136
3.62
Value for money (0-100)
58.53
Tesla
Architecture
Pascal
G92
Code name
GP106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
21 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
18 August 2016 (5 years ago)
$160
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$243 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$441 (2.2x MSRP)
0.06
Value for money
30.53
G92
GPU code name
GP106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

112
Pipelines
1152
600 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
no data
Boost Clock
1708 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
4,400 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
105 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
33.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
123.0
336.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,935 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
112
CUDA cores
no data
112
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1152
no data
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
754 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
105 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
9" (22.9 cm)
Length
250 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
57.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB, the size and number of monitors.

HDTVDual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB 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 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Cheaper ($243 (1.5x MSRP) vs $441 (2.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (105 Watt vs 120 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

42.2% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1152 vs 112)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 65 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (3 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 57.6 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB .

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB performance benchmarks comparison

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