NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs ATI Radeon HD 4810

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and ATI Radeon HD 4810 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

ATI Radeon HD 4810

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 625 MHz
5.5x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 20 GTexel / s
2.6x more pipelines: 1664 vs 640
4.9x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
12.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 769
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 425

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 28 May 2009
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 20 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 640
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640 vs 769
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 425

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4810

Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 148 Watt
514.3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4810

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9640

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

425

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI Radeon HD 4810
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	425
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	490.688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	369

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	ATI Radeon HD 4810
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	RV770
Launch date	19 September 2014	28 May 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	371	373
Price now	$407.76
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	625 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	640
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	20 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	246 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround