NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 2400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and ATI Radeon HD 2400 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 HD 2400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 398 MHz
21.1x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 1.592 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 112 vs 40
10.6x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 121
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 635
5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 635

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 19 February 2008
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 1.592 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 40
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 31.84 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304 vs 635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304 vs 635

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2400

5.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 990 MHz vs 900 MHz
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 298 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	990 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	298 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

454

121

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

298

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3304

635

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3304

635

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Radeon HD 2400
PassMark - G3D Mark	454	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	298
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304	635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304	635

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Radeon HD 2400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV610
Launch date	21 July 2008	19 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	1063	1064
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	398 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	31.84 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112	40
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	1.592 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	7.92 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI