GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce3 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9800 GT vs GeForce3
GeForce 9800 GT
492
GeForce3
4
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce3
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
G92
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2008
February 2001
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
200 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
57 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
-
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
-
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
1.600
Memory type
GDDR3
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
230 MHz
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
3.68 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Multi monitor support
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
8.0
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.3
Shader Model
4.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A