GeForce 9800 GX2 vs GeForce 9800 GT

GeForce 9800 GX2
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Mar 2008
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GT
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 21 Jul 2008
GeForce 9800 GT

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    197%
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 97% higher average synthetic performance.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

72 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9800 GX2 .
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GX2

HWBench recommends GeForce 9800 GX2

The GeForce 9800 GX2 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 9800 GX2GeForce 9800 GT
GPU NameG92 (G92-450-A2)vsG92 (G92-270-A2)
Fab Process65 nmvs65 nm
Die Size324 mm²vs324 mm²
Transistors754 millionvs754 million
Shaders128vs112
Compute Units8vs7
Core clock600 MHzvs600 MHz
ROPs16vs16
TMUs64vs56

Memory Configuration

GeForce 9800 GX2GeForce 9800 GT
Memory TypeGDDR3vsGDDR3
Bus Width256 bit x2vs256 bit
Memory Speed1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 9800 GX2GeForce 9800 GT
TDP197 wattsvs125 watts
Release Date18 Mar 2008vs21 Jul 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    19.20 GP/s
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    9.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    76.80 GT/s
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    33.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    128.00 GB/s
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    57.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    768.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    336.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce 9800 GX2
    2590
  • GeForce 9800 GT
    1310

Points (higher is better)