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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB vs Radeon HD 5770

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB uses a 90 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 513 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM is set to run at a speed of 792 MHz on this particular model. It features 96 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 20 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the Radeon HD 5770, which comes with a clock speed of 850 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1200 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5770 108 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 143 Watts
Difference: 35 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 5770 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5770 76800 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 63360 MB/sec
Difference: 13440 (21%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5770 will be much (more or less 38%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB. (explain)

Radeon HD 5770 34000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 24624 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9376 (38%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 5770 is superior to the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon HD 5770 13600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 10260 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3340 (33%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB Radeon HD 5770
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Nov 2006 (640) October 13, 2009
Code Name G80 Juniper XT
Memory 640 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 513 MHz 850 MHz
Memory Speed 1584 MHz 4800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 143 watts 108 watts
Bandwidth 63360 MB/sec 76800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24624 Mtexels/sec 34000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10260 Mpixels/sec 13600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 800(160x5)
Texture Mapping Units 48 40
Render Output Units 20 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 320-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 40 nm
Transistors 681 million 1040 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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