Radeon HD 4700 vs GeForce 8800 GS
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4700 |
| 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 8800 GS . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce 8800 GS |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4700
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 4700 | | GeForce 8800 GS | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV730 (RV730 XT) | vs | G92 (G92-150-A2) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 146 mm² | vs | 324 mm² |
| Transistors | 514 million | vs | 754 million |
| Shaders | 320 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 6 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 12 |
| TMUs | 32 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 4700 | | GeForce 8800 GS | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 384 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 4700 | | GeForce 8800 GS | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 105 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Feb 2010 | vs | 31 Jan 2008 |
Radeon HD 4700
4.80 GP/s
GeForce 8800 GS
6.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4700
19.20 GT/s
GeForce 8800 GS
26.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 4700
12.80 GB/s
GeForce 8800 GS
38.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 4700
384.00 GFLOPs
GeForce 8800 GS
264.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better