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: 1380 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 | 1380 vs 494 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ | ATI Radeon HD 4870 |
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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 | 1380 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ | ATI Radeon HD 4870 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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