ATI Radeon HD 4810 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4810 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800S 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.

ATI Radeon HD 4810

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4810

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 20 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
4.2x better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4.5x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 769 vs 636

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 May 2009 vs 15 July 2008
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	769 vs 636

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

2.4x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 95 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 625 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	427 vs 425

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4810
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

769

636

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

425

427

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4810	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
PassMark - G3D Mark	769	636
PassMark - G2D Mark	425	427

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4810	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G94
Launch date	28 May 2009	15 July 2008
Place in performance rating	348	351
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	800.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	20 GTexel / s	19.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	246 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI