GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce 9800 GTX - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce 9800 GTX
792
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce 9800 GTX
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GT200
G92
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
March 2008
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
2x 6-pin
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
602 MHz
675 MHz
CUDA cores
240
128
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
754 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
128
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
140 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
105 °C
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
43.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
70.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
HDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
-
Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A