ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4860 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • 6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
  • 3.4x better floating-point performance: 896.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 384 MB
  • Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3128
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3128
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 September 2009 vs 31 January 2008
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines 640 vs 96
Floating-point performance 896.0 gflops vs 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 384 MB
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3128

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 26.4 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 130 Watt
Texture fill rate 26.4 GTexel / s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3128
Name ATI Radeon HD 4860 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3128
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3128
PassMark - G3D Mark 330
PassMark - G2D Mark 121

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4860 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla
Code name RV790 G92
Launch date 9 September 2009 31 January 2008
Place in performance rating 1248 1250
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 896.0 gflops 264 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 640 96
Texture fill rate 22.4 GTexel / s 26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 959 million 754 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
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 384 MB
Memory bandwidth 96.0 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3