NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs ATI Radeon HD 4830

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and ATI Radeon HD 4830 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

ATI Radeon HD 4830

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.4x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 95 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 21 October 2008
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 66

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4830

Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
6.7x more pipelines: 640 vs 96
3.1x better floating-point performance: 736.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 408
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3123
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3123

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 96
Floating-point performance	736.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4830

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3354

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	ATI Radeon HD 4830
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3354
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	ATI Radeon HD 4830
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT215	RV770
Launch date	7 January 2010	21 October 2008
Place in performance rating	1322	1323
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$130
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	575 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	736.0 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	640
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Length		246 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI