| Attribute | Nvidia GeForce GTX 9800 × | Mobility Radeon HD 3870 × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2008 | 2008 |
| GPU brand | Nvidia | ATI |
| GPU name | G92 | M88 |
| Market | Desktop | Laptop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 675 | 660 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | Nvidia GeForce GTX 9800 | Mobility Radeon HD 3870 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 512 | 512 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 70.4 | 54.4 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 | 256 |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,100 | 850 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 2,200 | 1,700 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 140 | 55 |
| Load power consumption (W) | - | 253 |
| Idle power consumption (W) | - | 115 |
| Load noise level (dB) | - | 42.3 |
| Idle noise level (dB) | - | 39.9 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 10.8 | 10.56 |
| Render output processors | 16 | 16 |
| Texture mapping units | 64 | 16 |
| Shading units | 128 | 320 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 432 | 422 |
| Compute units | - | 4 |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 43.2 | 10.56 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| PassMark | 530 | 728 |
| 3DMark Vantage (Texture Fill) | - | 12.69 |
| Cloud Gate Factor | 11.72 | - |
| Sky Diver Factor | 1 | - |