ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.9x more pipelines: 320 vs 112
Around 27% better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 84% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2008 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines	320 vs 112
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	92 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

2.2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 668 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 479 vs 432
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 2417
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 2417

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 668 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	479 vs 432
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 2417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

432

479

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2417

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2417

3346

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	432	479
PassMark - G2D Mark	92	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2417	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2417	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV670	G92
Launch date	3 January 2008	29 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1379	1380
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	112
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.0 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit