NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX vs ATI FireGL V8650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX and ATI FireGL V8650 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

ATI FireGL V8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 688 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 43.2 billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 769 vs 550

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 March 2008 vs 14 May 2007
Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 688 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 billion / sec vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	769 vs 550

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8650

2.5x more pipelines: 320 vs 128
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 440.3 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 637 vs 366

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 128
Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops vs 432.1 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	637 vs 366

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8650

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

637

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

769

550

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX	ATI FireGL V8650
PassMark - G2D Mark	366	637
PassMark - G3D Mark	769	550
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX	ATI FireGL V8650
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	R600
Launch date	28 March 2008	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$2,799
Place in performance rating	405	406
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1688 MHz	688 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	432.1 gflops	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	320
Texture fill rate	43.2 billion / sec	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	254 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI