ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 2.6x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 240 MHz
- 13x more texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
- 4x more memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 312.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 937 vs 3
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 25 June 2008 vs 1 October 2001 |
Core clock speed | 625 MHz vs 240 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 25 GTexel / s vs 1.92 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 64 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1986 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 937 vs 3 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
- Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 116 vs 78
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 116 vs 78 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 937 | 3 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 78 | 116 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3344 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3344 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 4850 | NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | Kelvin |
Code name | RV770 | NV20 A5 |
Launch date | 25 June 2008 | 1 October 2001 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $349 |
Place in performance rating | 1292 | 1294 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 240 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,000.0 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
Pipelines | 800 | |
Texture fill rate | 25 GTexel / s | 1.92 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 110 Watt | |
Transistor count | 956 million | 57 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Length | 246 mm | 183 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 8.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 63.6 GB / s | 8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1986 MHz | 500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |