NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
VS
AMD FirePro W5170M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
VS
AMD FirePro W5170M

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  vs  AMD FirePro W5170M.

903
Place in performance rating
450
G9x
Architecture
GCN
G92
Code name
Tropo
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
15 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$61
Price now
$1530
0.18
Value for money
1.01
NB9E-GT2
GPU code name
Tropo
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT  vs  AMD FirePro W5170M 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.

96
Pipelines
640
500 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
no data
Boost Clock
925 MHz
754 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
24.00
Texture fill rate
37.00
240 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,184 gflops
96
CUDA cores
no data
360
Gigaflops
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
no data
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
754 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and AMD FirePro W5170M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large

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 vs AMD FirePro W5170M.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
51.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

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 vs AMD FirePro W5170M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
Eyefinity
+

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
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
Enduro
+
+
PureVideo HD
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and AMD FirePro W5170M 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. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and AMD FirePro W5170M 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 or AMD FirePro W5170M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD FirePro W5170M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD FirePro W5170M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD FirePro W5170M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD FirePro W5170M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD FirePro W5170M
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

Cheaper ($61 vs $1530)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5170M

8.14% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 51.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT or AMD FirePro W5170M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W5170M .

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT versus AMD FirePro W5170M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score