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    GeForce 9800M GTX SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, 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 9800M GTX SLI stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, check out specs charts below.
    GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Check Price
    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Check Price

    GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce 9800M GTX SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

    GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 110 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI has 36% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 511 GB more memory, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - with RV6xx.
    • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 160 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
    • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 50 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−11 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 21−24 16−18
    medium / 1080p 12−14 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce 9800M GTX SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 44% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Architecture G9x RV6xx
    Code name NB9E-GTX M88-XT CF
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 15 July 2008 1 September 2008
    Pipelines 224 640
    Core clock speed 500 MHz 660 MHz
    Transistor count 3016 Million 666 million
    Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 10.56
    Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 800 MHz 850 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 4.1
    OpenGL 3.3
    OpenCL N/A
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large large
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