GeForce 9800M GTX SLI vs Radeon R5 430 OEM

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Radeon R5 430 OEM, 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 R5 430 OEM, 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 R5 430 OEM
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI has 200% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.
  • Radeon R5 430 OEM has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 230 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 430 OEM - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 430 OEM is 3800 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 1−2
ultra / 1080p 6−7 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 9800M GTX SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon R5 430 OEM.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon R5 430 OEM
Architecture G9x GCN 1.0
Code name NB9E-GTX Oland
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 15 July 2008 30 June 2016
Pipelines 224 384
Core clock speed 500 MHz 730 MHz
Boost Clock 780 MHz
Transistor count 3016 Million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.72
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 4600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 36.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large
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