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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB vs Radeon HD 4770

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB features a GPU core speed of 513 MHz, and the 640 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 792 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is made up of 96 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 20 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 4770, which features core clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640(128x5) SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4770 80 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 143 Watts
Difference: 63 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB should theoretically be much better than the Radeon HD 4770 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 63360 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4770 51200 MB/sec
Difference: 12160 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB will be just a bit (about 3%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4770. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 24624 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4770 24000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 624 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 4770 is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)

Radeon HD 4770 12000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 10260 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1740 (17%)

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 4770
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Nov 2006 (640) Apr 28, 2009
Code Name G80 RV740
Memory 640 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 513 MHz 750 MHz
Memory Speed 1584 MHz 3200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 143 watts 80 watts
Bandwidth 63360 MB/sec 51200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24624 Mtexels/sec 24000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10260 Mpixels/sec 12000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 640(128x5)
Texture Mapping Units 48 32
Render Output Units 20 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 320-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 40 nm
Transistors 681 million 826 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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