NVIDIA GeForce 9800S vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800S and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 669 MHz
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 427 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 July 2008 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 669 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	427 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

11x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 billion / sec
10x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 64
4.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 428.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 822 vs 636

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 19.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 64
Floating-point performance	2x 428.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	822 vs 636

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

427

422

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	636	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	427	422

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	RV670
Launch date	15 July 2008	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	343	344
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	669 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	2x 320
Texture fill rate	19.2 billion / sec	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI