NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M vs ATI Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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 4870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 750 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
5.4x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 25 June 2008
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 46

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870

Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 30 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
8.3x more pipelines: 800 vs 96
5x better floating-point performance: 1,200.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1370 vs 408
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3123
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3123

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	30 GTexel / s vs 16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	800 vs 96
Floating-point performance	1,200.0 gflops vs 240 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1370 vs 408
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3123

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

1370

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3123

3346

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	ATI Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G3D Mark	408	1370
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3123	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3123	3346
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT215	RV770
Launch date	7 January 2010	25 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1323	1325
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	1249 MHz	750 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	800
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt	150 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		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 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	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI