ATI Radeon HD 4860 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4860 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

ATI Radeon HD 4860

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4860

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 240
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 896.0 gflops vs 673.9 gflops
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 219 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 3000 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3195
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3195

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 September 2009 vs 15 January 2009
Pipelines	640 vs 240
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops vs 673.9 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 219 Watt
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3195

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

2x more core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher maximum memory size: 896 MB vs 512 MB

Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	50.6 billion / sec vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	896 MB vs 512 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4860
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3195

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3195

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3195
PassMark - G3D Mark		1378
PassMark - G2D Mark		63
Geekbench - OpenCL		23256

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4860	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV790	GT200B
Launch date	9 September 2009	15 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1224	1225
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Price now		$119.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.43
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1404 MHz
Floating-point performance	896.0 gflops	673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	240
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	50.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	219 Watt
Transistor count	959 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	96.0 GB / s	127.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	3000 MHz	1134 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI