ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 275 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 550 MHz
57.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

5.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 170 vs 29

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	170 vs 29

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
PassMark - G3D Mark	401	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	29	170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Kelvin
Code name	RV670	NV25 A2
Launch date	19 November 2007	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1463	1043
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	63 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	208 mm	216 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.1 GB / s	4.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	SDR