NVIDIA · Tesla (derived from codename prefix) · 2008

GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand

Memory512 MB52 of 290 in GeForce
Power125 W15 of 243 by higher draw in GeForce
Shaders12812 of 146 in GeForce
Launch price$159102 of 161 in GeForce

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

324 mm² die · 128 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 1 shader.324 mm² die · 128 shadersEach dot = 1 shaderDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
512 MB
Type
GDDR3
Bus width
256 bit
Memory clock
1,000 MHz
Bandwidth
64 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
128
SM count
16
TMUs
64
ROPs
16
Pixel fill rate
11.6 GP/s
Texture fill rate
46.4 GT/s

Clocks

Base clock
725 MHz

Board

TDP
125 W
Bus interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
External power required
Yes
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
159 USD

Physical

Architecture
Tesla (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
G92-270-A2
Process
65 nm
Transistors
754 million
Die size
324 mm²
Series
GeForce
Launch date
July 21, 2008

Not recorded by the source: generation, boost clock, fp32 and fp64.

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand ranks 52nd of 290 for memory capacity. Its 125 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16