ATI Radeon HD 4830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4830 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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 4830

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
5x more pipelines: 640 vs 128
Around 77% better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1640 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 564

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2008 vs 11 December 2007
Pipelines	640 vs 128
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 135 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1640 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4830
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

836

564

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3342

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4830	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark	836	564
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4830	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G92
Launch date	21 October 2008	11 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$130	$349
Place in performance rating	1329	1331
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	128
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	135 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	754 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 2.0 x16
Length	246 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1640 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3