ATI Radeon HD 4830 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
3.8x better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 192 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
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 869 vs 376
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3076
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3076

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2008 vs 21 August 2008
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	869 vs 376
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3076

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 87 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	87 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

869

376

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3076

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3354

3076

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4830	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	869	376
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	87
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354	3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354	3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4830	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G94
Launch date	21 October 2008	21 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$130
Place in performance rating	1339	1340
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		240
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
HybridPower
PureVideo HD