GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce 9800 GTX
Summary
GeForce GTX 1080
1885%
GeForce 9800 GTX
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Around 1785% higher average synthetic performance. |
Supports PhysX |
Supports G-Sync |
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce 9800 GTX |
40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1080 . |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 1080
The GeForce GTX 1080 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | GeForce 9800 GTX | |
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GPU Name | GP104 (GP104-400-A1) | vs | G92 (G92-420-A2) |
Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 65 nm |
Die Size | 314 mm² | vs | 324 mm² |
Transistors | 7,200 million | vs | 754 million |
Shaders | 2560 | vs | 128 |
Compute Units | 20 | vs | 8 |
Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 675 MHz |
ROPs | 64 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 160 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | GeForce 9800 GTX | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5X | vs | GDDR3 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 1251 MHz
10008 MHz effective | vs | 1100 MHz
2200 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1080 | | GeForce 9800 GTX | |
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TDP | 180 watts | vs | 140 watts |
Release Date | 27 May 2016 | vs | 28 Mar 2008 |
GeForce GTX 1080
102.80 GP/s
GeForce 9800 GTX
10.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
257.10 GT/s
GeForce 9800 GTX
43.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
320.00 GB/s
GeForce 9800 GTX
70.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
8228.00 GFLOPs
GeForce 9800 GTX
432.10 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1080
30160
GeForce 9800 GTX
1600
Points (higher is better)