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.

ATI Radeon HD 4860

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS

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	1240	1242
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