ATI Radeon HD 5470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5470 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5470

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 5.5x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 61
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2012 vs 21 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 vs 61

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 6.5x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 112 vs 80
  • 3.2x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 460 vs 268
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 960
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 960
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 1771
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 1771
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 112 vs 80
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops vs 104.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 460 vs 268
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2845 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2845 vs 960
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3304 vs 1771
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3304 vs 1771

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
268
460
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
298
61
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
960
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1771
3304
Name ATI Radeon HD 5470 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 268 460
PassMark - G2D Mark 298 61
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 960 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 960 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1771 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1771 3304

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5470 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Cedar G92
Launch date 13 February 2012 21 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1075 1077
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $103.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 104.0 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 80 112
Texture fill rate 5.2 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link 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
Length 170 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI