GeForce 9800M GTX SLI vs Radeon RX 460 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Radeon RX 460 mobile, 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 RX 460 mobile, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Radeon RX 460 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Radeon RX 460 mobile 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 Radeon RX 460 mobile here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon RX 460 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 55 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI has 172% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 460 mobile.
  • Radeon RX 460 mobile has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon RX 460 mobile - with Polaris.
  • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 460 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 460 mobile is 5200 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 16−18
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 460 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 53% more, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon RX 460 mobile
Architecture G9x Polaris
Code name NB9E-GTX Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 15 July 2008 8 August 2016
Pipelines 224 896
Core clock speed 500 MHz
Boost Clock 1180 MHz
Transistor count 3016 Million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 66.08
Floating-point performance 2,115 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA +
FreeSync +
SLI options +
Laptop size large large
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