NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
- Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3076 vs 2417
- Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3076 vs 2417
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 21 August 2008 vs 3 January 2008 |
| Texture fill rate | 19.2 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3076 vs 2417 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3076 vs 2417 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
- Around 11% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 600 MHz
- 5x more pipelines: 320 vs 64
- 2.2x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 192 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1600 MHz
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 357
- Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 72
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 668 MHz vs 600 MHz |
| Pipelines | 320 vs 64 |
| Floating-point performance | 427.5 gflops vs 192 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 65 nm |
| Memory clock speed | 1656 MHz vs 1600 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 432 vs 357 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 92 vs 72 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS | ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 357 | 432 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 72 | 92 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3076 | 2417 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3076 | 2417 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS | ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | TeraScale |
| Code name | G94 | RV670 |
| Launch date | 21 August 2008 | 3 January 2008 |
| Place in performance rating | 1371 | 1374 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 668 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 64 | |
| Floating-point performance | 192 gflops | 427.5 gflops |
| Gigaflops | 240 | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 64 | 320 |
| Texture fill rate | 19.2 GTexel / s | 10.69 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 505 million | 666 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 51.2 GB / s | 53.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1656 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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