ATI Radeon HD 3830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3830 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3830
- 2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
- Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
- Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Pipelines | 320 vs 128 |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 65 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 140 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1656 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
- 2.5x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 668 MHz
- 4x more texture fill rate: 43.2 billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
- Around 1% better floating-point performance: 432.1 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Core clock speed | 1688 MHz vs 668 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 43.2 billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s |
Floating-point performance | 432.1 gflops vs 427.5 gflops |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3830
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Name | ATI Radeon HD 3830 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 366 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 769 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 3830 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
Code name | RV670 | G92 |
Launch date | 1 April 2008 | 28 March 2008 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 411 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 668 MHz | 1688 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 427.5 gflops | 432.1 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 65 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | 128 |
Texture fill rate | 10.69 GTexel / s | 43.2 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 140 Watt |
Transistor count | 666 million | 754 million |
CUDA cores | 128 | |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI |
Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Length | 10.5" (26.7 cm) | |
SLI options | 2-way3-way | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 26.5 GB / s | 70.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1656 MHz | 1100 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
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