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    GeForce 9800M GTX SLI vs Radeon HD 7950

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and Radeon HD 7950, 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 7950, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon HD 7950
    Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 7950 has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
    • Radeon HD 7950 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.
    • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7950 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon HD 7950 - with GCN 1.0.
    • GeForce 9800M GTX SLI is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7950 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7950 is 450 MHz higher, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−11 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7950 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than GeForce 9800M GTX SLI.

    Full Specs

      GeForce 9800M GTX SLI Radeon HD 7950
    Architecture G9x GCN 1.0
    Code name NB9E-GTX Tahiti
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 15 July 2008 31 January 2012
    Pipelines 224 1792
    Core clock speed 500 MHz
    Boost Clock 1250 MHz
    Transistor count 3016 Million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 89.60
    Floating-point performance 2,867 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    CUDA +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.56 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 381 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    PowerTune +
    ZeroCore +
    Design reference
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    CrossFire +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.78 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 13.86 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 250 Sol/s
    Compute units 28
    AppAcceleration +
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