GeForce 9800 GX2 vs Radeon HD 6610
Summary
Reasons to consider 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6610 |
| 158 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9800 GX2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 6610
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | Radeon HD 6610 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G92 (G92-450-A2) | vs | Redwood (Redwood PRO) |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 324 mm² | vs | 104 mm² |
| Transistors | 754 million | vs | 627 million |
| Shaders | 128 | vs | 400 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | Radeon HD 6610 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
2000 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9800 GX2 | | Radeon HD 6610 | |
|---|
| TDP | 197 watts | vs | 39 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Mar 2008 | vs | 20 Mar 2013 |
GeForce 9800 GX2
19.20 GP/s
Radeon HD 6610
5.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
76.80 GT/s
Radeon HD 6610
13.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
128.00 GB/s
Radeon HD 6610
25.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9800 GX2
768.00 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 6610
520.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better