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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS is a graphics card released on January 1, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 64 shading units, 512 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus, 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 530 MHz and a 60 W board power rating. It scores 488 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

TeslaNB9E-GT(G94)

9/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 34 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.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

64cores

Memory

512 MB

GDDR3 · 256-bit

Boost clock

n/a

530 MHz base

Board power

60 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS scores 488 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,902), measured across 69 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 40.

PassMark G3D Mark

488

Rank #1,902
Faster than 35.8% of 2,658 GPUs
69 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 17 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 33.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS averages DirectX 9 17 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 69 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 530 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 60 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-21

Samples 69

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 530 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-21. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename NB9E-GT(G94)

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB9E-GT(G94) graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 64

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 32

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS has 64 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS 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 9800M GS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS.

Clock speeds

Base clock 530 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS runs at a base clock of 530 MHz.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 256-bit

Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS is equipped with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 256-bit memory bus and delivers 51.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS has a board power rating of 60 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 60 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched January 1, 2008

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS was released on January 1, 2008.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 488

PassMark G2D 40

Rank #1,902

Samples 69

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS has 512 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 256-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS has a board power rating of 60 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS scores 488 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 35.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,902.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS use?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS released?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS was released on January 1, 2008.

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 G94 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

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