ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS 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 8600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 540 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
12.6x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 92

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 59 Watt
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 100 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	100 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	92
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G84
Launch date	10 September 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$67
Place in performance rating	1459	1376
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	38.08 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	16
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	289 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2