GeForce 9800M GTX SLI vs Radeon HD 6990

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Radeon HD 6990, 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 Radeon HD 6990, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 9800M GTX SLI 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 GeForce 9800M GTX SLI here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 150% more power consumption, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
  • Radeon HD 6990 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 330 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6990 is 4200 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 46% more, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon HD 6990
Architecture G9x TeraScale 3
Code name NB9E-GTX Antilles
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 15 July 2008 8 March 2011
Pipelines 224 1536
Core clock speed 500 MHz 830 MHz
Transistor count 3016 Million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 79.68
Floating-point performance 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 265 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
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