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.

ATI Radeon HD 3830

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

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
PassMark - G2D Mark		366
PassMark - G3D Mark		769

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3830	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV670	G92
Launch date	1 April 2008	28 March 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	438
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
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
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
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
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
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
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI