NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS is a graphics card released on July 29, 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 600 MHz and a 75 W board power rating. It scores 349 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
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.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS scores 349 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 30.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,038), measured across 124 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 61.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS averages DirectX 9 13 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 124 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 9800M GTS states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 600 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB9E-GT(G94) graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS has 64 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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 GTS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS runs at a base clock of 600 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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 GTS has a board power rating of 75 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS was released on July 29, 2008.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1), NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS [Dox Optimised 185.68] and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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 GTS use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS has a board power rating of 75 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS scores 349 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 30.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,038.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS released?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS was released on July 29, 2008.
Corrections to this record
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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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