NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs ATI Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and ATI Radeon HD 4830 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

ATI Radeon HD 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 January 2009 vs 21 October 2008
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 66

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

5x more pipelines: 640 vs 128
Around 57% better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 470.0 gflops
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 141 Watt
Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3309
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3309
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 494

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 128
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops vs 470.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 141 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3309
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4830

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

3354

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

836

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	ATI Radeon HD 4830
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	54.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.56
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	108.412
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309	3354
PassMark - G2D Mark	83	66
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	836

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+	ATI Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92B	RV770
Launch date	16 January 2009	21 October 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$130
Place in performance rating	1329	1330
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	470.0 gflops	736.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	640
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	141 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	246 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI