ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 3x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 275 MHz
- 96.9x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
- 6.6x more memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 275 MHz
- 101.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 709 vs 7
- Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 187
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 26 January 2008 vs 16 February 2003 |
Core clock speed | 825 MHz vs 275 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1802 MHz vs 275 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 709 vs 7 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 224 vs 187 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 | NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 709 | 7 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 224 | 187 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3336 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3336 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 | NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Kelvin |
Code name | R680 | NV28 A2 |
Launch date | 26 January 2008 | 16 February 2003 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | |
Place in performance rating | 944 | 946 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 275 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 2x 528.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
Pipelines | 2x 320 | |
Texture fill rate | 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec | 2.2 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 Watt | |
Transistor count | 666 million | 36 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 267 mm | 216 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 2x 512 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 2x 57.7 GB / s | 4.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1802 MHz | 275 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | SDR |