NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6850

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6850.

508
Place in performance rating
470
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Value for money (0-100)
13.93
G9x
Architecture
TeraScale 2
NB9E-GT2
Code name
Barts
Laptop
Type
Desktop
15 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
21 October 2010 (11 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$545
Price now
$285 (1.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.41
Value for money
1.19
NB9E-GT2
GPU code name
Barts
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6850 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

192
Pipelines
960
500 MHz
Core clock speed
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1508 Million
Transistor count
1,700 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
130 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
127 Watt
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Texture fill rate
37.20
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Floating-point performance
1,488.0 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
960
1508 Million
Number of transistors
1,700 million
130 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
127 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
198 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
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SLI options
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Bus support
AGP

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI vs AMD Radeon HD 6850.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
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Memory bandwidth
128.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI vs AMD Radeon HD 6850.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-
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PureVideo HD
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
DirectX
DirectX® 11
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OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI and AMD Radeon HD 6850 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI or AMD Radeon HD 6850 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI
AMD Radeon HD 6850
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6850

3.17% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($285 (1.6x MSRP) vs $545)

More pipelines (960 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (127 Watt vs 130 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI or AMD Radeon HD 6850?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6850 .

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT SLI versus AMD Radeon HD 6850 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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