ATI Radeon HD 4830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4830 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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).

ATI Radeon HD 4830

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
3.1x better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 844 vs 381
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3237
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2008 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	844 vs 381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4830
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

844

381

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3237

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3237

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4830	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	844	381
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3237

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4830	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G92
Launch date	21 October 2008	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$130
Place in performance rating	1344	1345
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	96
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Gigaflops		360
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	246 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD