GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 275
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GTX |
| 79 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 275 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 275 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 275
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 275 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-420-A2) | vs | GT200B (G200-105-B3) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 470 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 1,400 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 240 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 10 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 633 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 28 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 275 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 448 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 1134 MHz
2268 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 896 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 275 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 219 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Mar 2008 | vs | 15 Jan 2009 |
GeForce 9800 GTX
10.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 275
17.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
43.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 275
50.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
70.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 275
127.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
432.10 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 275
673.90 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better