ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i 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).

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
10.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1309 vs 129
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 367

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 August 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1309 vs 129
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 367

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

7.2x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 286 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 286 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1309

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

565

367

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
PassMark - G3D Mark	1309	129
PassMark - G2D Mark	565	367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 + nForce 730i
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	R700	MCP79MX
Launch date	12 August 2008	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$550
Place in performance rating	448	441
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 800
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	286 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5