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.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

ATI Radeon HD 4870

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 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 45

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 45

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: 1373 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	1373 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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

1373

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	45
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	1373

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	1329	1331
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