ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 650 MHz
6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1640 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1376 vs 564

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 11 December 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 128
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1640 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1376 vs 564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	41.6 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	74 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1376

564

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3342

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark	1376	564
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G92
Launch date	25 June 2008	11 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$349
Place in performance rating	1330	1331
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	416.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	128
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	41.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	135 Watt
Transistor count	956 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 2.0 x16
Length	250 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	52.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1640 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3