ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 4670

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 348

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 6 August 2006
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 65 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 348

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

4.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 35

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	153
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV730	G71
Launch date	10 September 2008	6 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$67	$114.95
Place in performance rating	1459	1066
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$114.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3