GeForce 9800 GTX vs Radeon RX Vega 6

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon RX Vega 6, 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 RX Vega 6, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX Vega 6 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX Vega 6 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 RX Vega 6 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon RX Vega 6
Power consumption (TDP) 140 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 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX Vega 6 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 6 - with Vega.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 6 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 6 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon RX Vega 6
Architecture Tesla Vega
Code name G92 Vega Raven Ridge
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 28 March 2008 7 January 2018
Pipelines 128 384
Core clock speed 1688 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 754 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 14 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
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) DirectX 12_1
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
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