ATI Radeon HD 4700 vs GeForce GTX 260

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking751not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.16no data
Power efficiency1.19no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGT200RV730
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 June 2008 (16 years ago)11 February 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores192320
Core clock speed576 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million514 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)182 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate36.8619.20
Floating-point processing power0.4769 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs288
TMUs6432

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm193 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount896 MB512 MB
Memory bus width448 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth111.9 GB/s12.8 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIHDTV2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 June 2008 11 February 2010
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 260 has a 75% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI HD 4700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 264% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon HD 4700. We've got no test results to judge.


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