ATI Radeon HD 4770 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4770

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4770

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
4.6x better floating-point performance: 960.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 96 Watt
3.6x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 905 vs 477
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 44
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8618 vs 3161
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8618 vs 3161

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2009 vs 21 February 2008
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 20.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops vs 208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 96 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	905 vs 477
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618 vs 3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618 vs 3161

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

2.2x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 750 MHz

Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 750 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

905

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8618

3161

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4770	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	905	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	88	44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8618	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8618	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4770	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV740	G94
Launch date	28 April 2009	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$179
Place in performance rating	782	1587
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	1625 MHz
Floating-point performance	960.0 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	826 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual 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
Length	203 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	6-pin
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 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	51.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI