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GeForce 9800 GX2 vs Radeon HD 4770

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GX2 makes use of a 65 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 600 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 128 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4770, which features GPU clock speed of 750 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 800 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640(128x5) Stream Processors, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 4770 80 Watts
GeForce 9800 GX2 197 Watts
Difference: 117 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9800 GX2 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon HD 4770 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2 128000 MB/sec
Radeon HD 4770 51200 MB/sec
Difference: 76800 (150%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GX2 will be a lot (more or less 220%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 4770. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2 76800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 4770 24000 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 52800 (220%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 9800 GX2 is superior to the Radeon HD 4770, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GX2 19200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 4770 12000 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 7200 (60%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9800 GX2 Radeon HD 4770
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year Mar 2008 Apr 28, 2009
Code Name G92 RV740
Memory 512 MB (x2) 512 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz (x2) 750 MHz
Memory Speed 2000 MHz (x2) 3200 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 197 watts 80 watts
Bandwidth 128000 MB/sec 51200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 76800 Mtexels/sec 24000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 19200 Mpixels/sec 12000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 (x2) 640(128x5)
Texture Mapping Units 64 (x2) 32
Render Output Units 16 (x2) 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit (x2) 128-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 826 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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