ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

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

ATI Radeon HD 4860

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 40% higher texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 640 vs 64
5.6x better floating-point performance: 896.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3.8x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 1989
Around 69% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 1989

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2009 vs 1 November 2007
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 64
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 1989

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

1989

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

1989

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	1989
PassMark - G3D Mark		382
PassMark - G2D Mark		159

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV790	G92
Launch date	9 September 2009	1 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1248	1251
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops	160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640	64
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	754 million
CUDA cores		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0