NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT is a graphics card released on July 21, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 112 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, 57.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 600 MHz and a 125 W board power rating. It scores 441 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 36 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT scores 441 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 33.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,955), measured across 3,514 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 51.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT averages DirectX 9 19 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 3,514 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 600 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX plus, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G92-270-A2 G92-280-B1 graphics processor and contains 754 million transistors.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT has 112 shading units, 56 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT runs at a base clock of 600 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 57.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT has a board power rating of 125 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT was released on July 21, 2008 and launched at a price of $159.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as GeForce 9800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT has 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 57.0 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT has a board power rating of 125 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT scores 441 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 33.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,955.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT was released on July 21, 2008 and launched at a price of $159.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G92 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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