GeForce 9300 GE vs GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9300 GE
Memory: 256Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Jun 2008
GeForce 9300 GE
GeForce 9800 GT
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 21 Jul 2008
GeForce 9800 GT

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 9300 GE

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 9800 GT

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

GeForce 9800 GT

HWBench recommends GeForce 9800 GT

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 9300 GEGeForce 9800 GT
GPU NameG98 (G98-700-U2)vsG92 (G92-270-A2)
Fab Process65 nmvs65 nm
Die Size86 mm²vs324 mm²
Transistors210 millionvs754 million
Shaders8vs112
Compute Units1vs7
Core clock540 MHzvs600 MHz
ROPs4vs16
TMUs8vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce 9300 GEGeForce 9800 GT
Memory TypeDDR2vsGDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed400 MHz
800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size256 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 9300 GEGeForce 9800 GT
TDP0 wattsvs125 watts
Release Date1 Jun 2008vs21 Jul 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 9300 GE
    2.16 GP/s
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    9.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 9300 GE
    4.32 GT/s
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    33.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 9300 GE
    6.40 GB/s
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    57.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 9300 GE
    20.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    336.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better