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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB vs Radeon HD 4730

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB features a GPU core speed of 513 MHz, and the 640 MB of GDDR3 memory is set to run at 792 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 96 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 20 ROPs.

Compare that to the Radeon HD 4730, which has clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640(128x5) SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4730 140 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 143 Watts
Difference: 3 Watts (2%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB should be a small bit faster than the Radeon HD 4730 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 63360 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4730 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 5760 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB should be a bit (more or less 10%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 4730. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 24624 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4730 22400 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2224 (10%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB is quite a bit (more or less 83%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 4730, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB 10260 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4730 5600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4660 (83%)

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.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB Radeon HD 4730
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Nov 2006 (640) Jun 8, 2009
Code Name G80 RV770/CE
Memory 640 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 513 MHz 700 MHz
Memory Speed 1584 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 143 watts 140 watts
Bandwidth 63360 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 24624 Mtexels/sec 22400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10260 Mpixels/sec 5600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 640(128x5)
Texture Mapping Units 48 32
Render Output Units 20 8
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 320-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 90 nm 55 nm
Transistors 681 million 956 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 GTS (G80) 640MB

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