GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
G92
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2008
December 1999
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
120 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
17 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
-
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
0.48
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
32 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
1x VGA
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
7.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.2
Shader Model
4.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A