ATI Radeon HD 4350 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4350 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4350

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4350

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 105 Watt

Launch date	30 September 2008 vs 21 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

2.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher pipelines: 112 vs 80
3.5x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 160
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 26
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 894
3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 894

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 80
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 96 gflops
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 160
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 26
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304 vs 894
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304 vs 894

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

3304

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	160	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	26	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	894	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	894	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2845

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV710	G92
Launch date	30 September 2008	21 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1677	1063
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Price now		$103.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	112
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI