GeForce 9800 GTX vs Radeon R6 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon R6 Carrizo, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 9800 GTX stacks up against Radeon R6 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R6 Carrizo is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Carrizo 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 Radeon R6 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon R6 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 1066% more power consumption, than Radeon R6 Carrizo.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Carrizo - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 10−12
medium / 1080p 0−1 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R6 Carrizo in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1000% more, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon R6 Carrizo
Architecture Tesla GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name G92 Carrizo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 28 March 2008 4 June 2015
Pipelines 128 384
Core clock speed 1688 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 754 million 2410 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 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_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
Laptop size medium sized
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