GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 650
Summary
GeForce 9800 GTX
100%
GeForce GTX 650
180%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 650 |
| 75 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 80% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 650
The GeForce GTX 650 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-420-A2) | vs | GK106 () |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 221 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 2,540 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 384 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 1058 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective | vs | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GTX | | GeForce GTX 650 | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 28 Mar 2008 | vs | 27 Nov 2013 |
GeForce 9800 GTX
10.80 GP/s
GeForce GTX 650
8.46 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
43.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 650
33.90 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
70.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 650
80.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
432.10 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 650
812.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GTX
1600
GeForce GTX 650
2880
Points (higher is better)