ATI Radeon HD 4810 vs GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Place in the ranking	988	895
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.03	no data
Power efficiency	0.75	1.46
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	G92	RV770
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 December 2007 (16 years ago)	28 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	640
Core clock speed	650 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	95 Watt
Texture fill rate	41.60	20.00
Floating-point processing power	0.416 TFLOPS	0.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	64	32

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	254 mm	246 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	820 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	52.48 GB/s	57.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GTS 512 1.46

ATI HD 4810 1.99
+36.3%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

8800 GTS 512 564

ATI HD 4810 769
+36.3%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.46	1.99
Recency	11 December 2007	28 May 2009
Chip lithography	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	95 Watt

ATI HD 4810 has a 36.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 42.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 4810 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.