ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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 4850

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 576 MHz
6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,000.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 155 Watt
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 941 vs 579

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 576 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 155 Watt
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	941 vs 579

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 75

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 25 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	92 vs 75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 3344

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

941

579

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

3349

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	941	579
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4850	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G80
Launch date	25 June 2008	8 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$599
Place in performance rating	1288	1291
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	800	128
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s	36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	155 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	681 million
CUDA cores		575
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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.6 GB / s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
SLI