AMD Radeon E8870 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- 2.5x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
- 12x more pipelines: 768 vs 64
- 8x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 192 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- 7.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 636
- Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 427
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 29 September 2015 vs 15 July 2008 |
Texture fill rate | 48 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec |
Pipelines | 768 vs 64 |
Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops vs 192 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3368 vs 636 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 708 vs 427 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
- Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Core clock speed | 1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon E8870 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800S |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3368 | 636 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 708 | 427 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 36.948 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 874.689 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.11 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4620 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5030 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 18191 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4620 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5030 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 18191 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon E8870 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800S | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Tesla |
Code name | Saturn | G94 |
Launch date | 29 September 2015 | 15 July 2008 |
Place in performance rating | 346 | 348 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,536 gflops | 192 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 768 | 64 |
Texture fill rate | 48 GTexel / s | 19.2 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,080 million | 505 million |
CUDA cores | 64 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | VGAHDMISingle Link DVI |
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF + HDA | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 96 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 800 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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