NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

508
Place in performance rating
470
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Value for money (0-100)
13.93
G9x
Architecture
TeraScale 2
NB9E-GT2
Code name
Barts
Laptop
Type
Desktop
15 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
21 October 2010 (11 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$545
Price now
$285 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.41
Value for money
1.19
NB9E-GT2
GPU code name
Barts
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
960
500 MHz
Core clock speed
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1508 Million
Transistor count
1,700 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
127 Watt
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Texture fill rate
37.20
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Floating-point performance
1,488.0 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1508 Million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
130 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
127 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
198 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
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SLI options
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Bus support
AGP

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 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
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Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-
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PureVideo HD
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
DirectX
DirectX® 11
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OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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 9800M GT SLI or AMD Radeon HD 6850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
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 9800M GT SLI

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850

3.17% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($285 (1.6x MSRP) vs $545)

More pipelines (960 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (127 Watt vs 130 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI or AMD Radeon HD 6850?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6850 .

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI versus AMD Radeon HD 6850 performance benchmarks comparison

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