ATI Radeon HD 4580 vs NVIDIA Tegra 3

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4580 and NVIDIA Tegra 3 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 4580

NVIDIA Tegra 3

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4580

Around 91% higher core clock speed: 796 MHz vs 416 MHz

Core clock speed	796 MHz vs 416 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tegra 3

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 65 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4580	NVIDIA Tegra 3
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	GeForce ULP
Code name	RV635	Tegra 3
Launch date	20 November 2011	9 November 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	796 MHz	416 MHz
Floating-point performance	191.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	6.37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	378 million	10 million
Boost clock speed		520 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	190 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	N / A
OpenGL	3.3	ES 2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.18 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1386 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3