GeForce 9800 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4860

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1039
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.07
Power efficiencyno data0.69
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV790G92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 September 2009 (15 years ago)21 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$160

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 cores640112
Core clock speed700 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors959 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt105 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate22.4033.60
Floating-point processing power0.896 TFLOPS0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3256

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
Lengthno data229 mm
Heightno data1-slot
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 6-pin
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoHDTVDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 September 2009 21 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 105 Watt

ATI HD 4860 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

9800 GT, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 23.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4860 and GeForce 9800 GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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