ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4850

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 540 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
25x more pipelines: 800 vs 32
13.1x better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 700 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 941 vs 131
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 75 vs 42
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 1397
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 1397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	800 vs 32
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops vs 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	941 vs 131
PassMark - G2D Mark	75 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344 vs 1397

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 47 Watt vs 110 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	47 Watt vs 110 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

941

131

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

1397

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	941	131
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	42
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G84
Launch date	25 June 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$159
Place in performance rating	1288	1621
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	800	32
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	289 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 1.0 x16
Length	246 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI