NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Xbox 360 GPU

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and ATI Xbox 360 GPU 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 Xbox 360 GPU

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Around 40% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	21 July 2008 vs 22 November 2005
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Xbox 360 GPU

2.1x more pipelines: 240 vs 112
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz

Pipelines	240 vs 112
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
GPU 2: ATI Xbox 360 GPU

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	ATI Xbox 360 GPU
PassMark - G3D Mark	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	56
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 Xbox 360 GPU
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	Xenos
Launch date	21 July 2008	22 November 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	1063	not rated
Price now	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	112
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops	240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	112	240
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	232 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	N / A
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI