ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

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

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

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
2.8x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
6.3x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 382 vs 131
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 1397
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 1397

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 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	382 vs 131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 59 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	42 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

1397

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV730	G84
Launch date	10 September 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$67	$159
Place in performance rating	1459	1621
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
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	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI