NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus is a graphics card released on July 16, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture using a 55 nm process. It has 128 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, 70.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 738 MHz and a 141 W board power rating. It scores 489 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 38 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 GTX plus scores 489 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,896), measured across 425 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 75.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus averages DirectX 9 18 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 425 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 GTX plus states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 738 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-20. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G92-420-B1 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 55 nm process, contains 754 million transistors and has a die size of 260 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus has 128 shading units, 64 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus 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 GTX plus. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus runs at a base clock of 738 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 70.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus has a board power rating of 141 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus was released on July 16, 2008 and launched at a price of $229.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus has 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 70.4 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus has a board power rating of 141 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus scores 489 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,896.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX plus was released on July 16, 2008 and launched at a price of $229.
Corrections to this record
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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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