NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
VS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
VS
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

729
Place in performance rating
not rated
Tesla
Architecture
Pascal
G92
Code name
no data
Desktop
Type
no data
28 March 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2018 (3 years ago)
$299
Launch price (MSRP)
$299
$91 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$323 (1.1x MSRP)
0.55
Value for money
no data
G92
GPU code name
GP106
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
no data
675 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
no data
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
140 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
43.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
136.7
432.1 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
128
CUDA cores
no data
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
no data
Boost clock speed
1709 MHz
754 million
Number of transistors
4,400 million
140 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 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
250 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
+
SLI options
no data
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
1100 MHz
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
70.4 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 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2, 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
Via Adapter
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
6.1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2. 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
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
6.4
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 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 GTX or GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
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 GTX

4.56% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($91 (0.3x MSRP) vs $323 (1.1x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 6 GB)

Advantages of GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 70.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX or GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2?

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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX versus GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2