GeForce 9800 GT vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
GeForce 9800 GT
100%
GeForce GTX 970
1202%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GT |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 1102% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 970
The GeForce GTX 970 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-270-A2) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 112 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 7 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GT | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 125 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Jul 2008 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce 9800 GT
9.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GT
33.60 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GT
57.60 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GT
336.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GT
1310
GeForce GTX 970
15750
Points (higher is better)