ATI Radeon HD 4870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4870 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 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 Quadro FX 3700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
7.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 112
4.3x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 280 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1380 vs 378
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3285
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 8 January 2008
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 112
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1380 vs 378
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3285

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 78 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 84 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	78 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	84 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1380

378

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3285

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3285

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
PassMark - G3D Mark	1380	378
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	84
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	3285

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV770	G92
Launch date	25 June 2008	8 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$1,599
Place in performance rating	1328	1329
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$99.02
Value for money (0-100)		8.26
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops	280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800	112
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s	28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	78 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	267 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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3