NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 750 MHz
  • Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 141 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 44
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 January 2009 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 83 vs 44

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

  • 6.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 128
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 470.0 gflops
  • 3.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3309
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3309
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1376 vs 494
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 128
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops vs 470.0 gflops
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346 vs 3309
PassMark - G3D Mark 1376 vs 494

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3346
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
83
44
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
494
1376
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ ATI Radeon HD 4870
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 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3346
PassMark - G2D Mark 83 44
PassMark - G3D Mark 494 1376

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ ATI Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G92B RV770
Launch date 16 January 2009 25 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $299
Place in performance rating 1328 1330
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1836 MHz 750 MHz
CUDA cores 128
Floating-point performance 470.0 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 128 800
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec 30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 141 Watt 150 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) 250 mm
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2x 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 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI