NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 3870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 106 Watt
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 109 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 19 November 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 106 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	109 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 12.43 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
4.1x better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 120 gflops
2.3x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 552 vs 381
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3131 vs 1962
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3131 vs 1962

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops vs 120 gflops
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	552 vs 381
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3131 vs 1962
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3131 vs 1962

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

381

552

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1962

3131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1962

3131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G2D Mark	109	57
PassMark - G3D Mark	381	552
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1962	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1962	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94B	RV670
Launch date	10 March 2009	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1395	1398
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	320
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	229 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR4