NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 8690M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

533
Place in performance rating
654
G9x
Architecture
GCN
NB9E-GT
Code name
Sun
Laptop
Type
Laptop
15 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$149
Price now
$596
1.22
Value for money
0.12
NB9E-GT
GPU code name
Sun
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

128
Pipelines
320
600 MHz
Core clock speed
775 MHz
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Boost Clock
825 MHz
1508 Million
Transistor count
690 million
55/65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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Texture fill rate
16.50
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Floating-point performance
528.0 gflops
128
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
825 MHz
1508 Million
Number of transistors
690 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
large
Laptop size
medium sized
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SLI options
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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 GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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PureVideo HD
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
DirectX
12 (11_1)
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OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and AMD Radeon HD 8690M 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 GTS SLI or AMD Radeon HD 8690M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
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 GTS SLI

1.58% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($149 vs $596)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8690M

More pipelines (320 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55/65 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI or AMD Radeon HD 8690M?

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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS SLI versus AMD Radeon HD 8690M performance benchmarks comparison

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