GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 950
Summary
GeForce 9800 GTX
100%
GeForce GTX 950
530%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GTX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950 |
50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9800 GTX . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Around 430% higher average synthetic performance. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 950
The GeForce GTX 950 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
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GPU Name | G92 (G92-420-A2) | vs | GM206 (GM206-250-A1) |
Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 228 mm² |
Transistors | 754 million | vs | 2,940 million |
Shaders | 128 | vs | 768 |
Compute Units | 8 | vs | 6 |
Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 1024 MHz |
ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 64 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 950 | |
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TDP | 140 watts | vs | 90 watts |
Release Date | 28 Mar 2008 | vs | 20 Aug 2015 |
GeForce 9800 GTX
10.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 950
32.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
43.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 950
49.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
70.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 950
105.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
432.10 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 950
1572.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
1600
GeForce GTX 950
8490
Points (higher is better)