NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition

Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 165 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 65% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 500 MHz
13.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 64
6.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1598 MHz

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops vs 160 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 1598 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark		709
PassMark - G2D Mark		224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	R680
Launch date	31 January 2008	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	944
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	160 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	2x 320
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-HE	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.1 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1598 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3