GeForce 9800 GTX vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 9800 GTX and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Maxwell GPU Surface Book. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 511 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 734 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Maxwell GPU Surface Book - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 3912 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 20−22
medium / 1080p 0−1 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2000% more, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Maxwell GPU Surface Book
Architecture Tesla Maxwell
Code name G92 Surface Book
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 28 March 2008 1 October 2015
Pipelines 128 384
Core clock speed 1688 MHz 954 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 754 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 432.1 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 4.0
OpenGL 2.1
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 128
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Optimus +
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