NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230

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 Radeon R5 230.

903
Place in performance rating
1017
no data
Value for money (0-100)
4.61
G9x
Architecture
TeraScale 2
G92
Code name
Caicos
Laptop
Type
Desktop
15 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
$61
Price now
$119
no data
Design
reference
0.18
Value for money
0.13
NB9E-GT2
GPU code name
Caicos
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT  vs  AMD Radeon R5 230 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
160
500 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
754 million
Transistor count
370 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
24.00
Texture fill rate
5.000
240 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
96
CUDA cores
no data
360
Gigaflops
no data
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
754 million
Number of transistors
370 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and AMD Radeon R5 230 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
large
Laptop size
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no data
Bus support
PCIe 1.0 x4

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 Radeon R5 230.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
51.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

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 Radeon R5 230.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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Eyefinity
1
no data
HDMI
+
no data
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
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
-
no data
Enduro
-
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
+
PureVideo HD
no data
no data
​PowerPlay
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and AMD Radeon R5 230 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
DirectX® 11
3.3
OpenGL
4.4
no data
Shader Model
5.0
no data
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT and AMD Radeon R5 230 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 Radeon R5 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon R5 230
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon R5 230
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon R5 230
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon R5 230
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon R5 230
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

0.89% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($61 vs $119)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s vs 10.67 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

More pipelines (160 vs 96)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 65 nm)

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 65 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT or AMD Radeon R5 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT .

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT versus AMD Radeon R5 230 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score
2.8 Out of 23 Hitesti Score