GeForce 9800M GT SLI vs Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 9800M GT SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, 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 GT SLI stacks up against Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge, check out specs charts below.

GeForce 9800M GT SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce 9800M GT SLI and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 GT SLI or Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge here:

Main Specs

  GeForce 9800M GT SLI Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 12-45 Watt
Memory type GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
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  • GeForce 9800M GT SLI has 983% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce 9800M GT SLI is build with G9x architecture, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • GeForce 9800M GT SLI is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 3−4
ultra / 1080p 3−4 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 7−8 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 9800M GT SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

Full Specs

  GeForce 9800M GT SLI Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge
Architecture G9x GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name NB9E-GT2 Bristol Ridge
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 15 July 2008 1 June 2016
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 500 MHz
Boost Clock 800 MHz
Transistor count 1508 Million 3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Shared memory - +
DirectX DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
CUDA +
SLI options +
Laptop size large medium sized
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