ATI Radeon HD 5670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5670 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5670

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 3.6x more pipelines: 400 vs 112
  • Around 85% better floating-point performance: 620.0 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 801 vs 463
  • 5.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 291 vs 49
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 January 2010 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines 400 vs 112
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 801 vs 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 291 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 775 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 2113
  • Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 2113
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 2113
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 2113

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
801
463
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
291
49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2113
3346
Name ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 801 463
PassMark - G2D Mark 291 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 184.557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2113 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1129
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2113 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 5670 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name Redwood G92
Design ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date 14 January 2010 29 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $119 $349
Place in performance rating 1427 1399
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Core clock speed 775 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 620.0 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 400 112
Stream Processors 400
Texture fill rate 15.5 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 64 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 627 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, Dual Link DVIHDTV
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
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 168 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit