NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and ATI Radeon 9700 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
5.5x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 275 MHz
15.3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 540 MHz
10.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 457 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 540 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	457 vs 44

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 105 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	457	44
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	152
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 8
Code name	G92	R300
Launch date	21 July 2008	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	1087	1090
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	Floppy
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI