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GeForce GTX 670 and GeForce 9800 GX2 - video card comparison


Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 670 vs GeForce 9800 GX2

GeForce GTX 670
5491
GeForce 9800 GX2
821

GeForce GTX 670

GeForce 9800 GX2


Architecture
Kepler (2012−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)

GPU code name
GK104
G92

Market segment
Desktop
Desktop

Release date
May 2012
March 2008

Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
6-pin & 8-pin

SLI options
+
+

Boost clock speed
980 MHz
-

Core clock speed
915 MHz
600 MHz

CUDA cores
1344
256 (128 per GPU)

Floating-point performance
2,459.5 gflops
2x 384.0 gflops

Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
65 nm

Number of transistors
3,540 million
754 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
128

Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
197 Watt

Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
105 °C

Texture fill rate
102.5 billion/sec
76.8 billion/sec

Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3

Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 MB

Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
512 Bit

Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
1000 MHz

Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
128 (64 per GPU)

Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
HDMIDual Link DVI

Multi monitor support
4 displays
+

HDMI
+
+

HDCP
+
-

Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536

Audio input for HDMI
Internal
S/PDIF

DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)

CUDA
+
+

OpenCL
1.2
1.1

OpenGL
4.2
2.1

Shader Model
5.1
4.0

Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A

3D Blu-Ray
+
-

3D Gaming
+
-

3D Vision
+
-