NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI vs ATI Radeon HD 4850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI and ATI Radeon HD 4850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. 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 GTX SLI

ATI Radeon HD 4850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI

2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.6x more pipelines: 800 vs 224
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 150 Watt
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 224
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI	ATI Radeon HD 4850
PassMark - G3D Mark		937
PassMark - G2D Mark		78
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3344

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX SLI	ATI Radeon HD 4850
Essentials
Architecture	G9x	TeraScale
Code name	NB9E-GTX	RV770
Launch date	15 July 2008	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1292
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	224	800
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	3016 Million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,000.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		25 GTexel / s
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		246 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory bandwidth		63.6 GB / s
Technologies
CUDA
PureVideo HD
SLI
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video