NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

ATI Radeon HD 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 44

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 25 June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	81 vs 44

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
8.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 96
5x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1380 vs 381
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3237
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3237

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 24 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1380 vs 381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3237

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

1380

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3237

3346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	1380
PassMark - G2D Mark	81	44
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3237	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3237	3346

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G92	RV770
Launch date	29 July 2008	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1329	1330
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	800
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD