GeForce 9800 GTX vs Radeon HD 7790

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800 GTX and Radeon HD 7790, 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 9800 GTX stacks up against Radeon HD 7790, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon HD 7790
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 85 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 64% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7790 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX has 511 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is build with Tesla architecture, and Radeon HD 7790 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 9800 GTX is 688 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7790.
  • GeForce 9800 GTX is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7790 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7790 is 173 mm longer, than GeForce 9800 GTX.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7790 is 4900 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 1−2 30−35
medium / 1080p 0−1 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7790 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3100% more, than GeForce 9800 GTX.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800 GTX Radeon HD 7790
Architecture Tesla GCN 2.0
Code name G92 Bonaire
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 28 March 2008 22 March 2013
Pipelines 128 896
Core clock speed 1688 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 754 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.2 billion/sec 56.00
Floating-point performance 432.1 gflops 1,792 gflops
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm) 183 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 70.4 GB/s 96 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.3
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA +
CUDA cores 128
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI Via Adapter
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI S/PDIF
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 218 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.2 Mh/s
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