GeForce 9800M GTS SLI vs Radeon E8860

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTS SLI and Radeon E8860, 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 GTS SLI stacks up against Radeon E8860, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce 9800M GTS 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 GTS SLI here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Radeon E8860
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 37 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI has 305% more power consumption, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI has 510 GB more memory, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon E8860 - in Desktops.
  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon E8860 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is 25 MHz higher, than Radeon E8860.
  • GeForce 9800M GTS SLI is manufactured by 55/65 nm process technology, and Radeon E8860 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon E8860 is 3700 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 7−8
ultra / 1080p 3−4 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 7−8 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon E8860 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 42% more, than GeForce 9800M GTS SLI.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800M GTS SLI Radeon E8860
Architecture G9x GCN 1.0
Code name NB9E-GT Venus
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 15 July 2008 25 January 2014
Pipelines 128 640
Core clock speed 600 MHz 575 MHz
Boost Clock 625 MHz
Transistor count 1508 Million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 55/65 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 25.00
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 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 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 48 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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