Nvidias 336 Processor Cores vs ATIs 1120 Stream Processing Units - which is better?

[hypnotoad]

I'm comparing ATI and Nvidia in the same price range, about $170, and with certain specs that are the same:

Memory Size: 1GB
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Type: DDR5

The major difference I see, is the number of processor cores / stream processing units. These must not be the same thing. If so, ATI has over 3 times as many, and that's what everyone should buy.

nVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Core Clock: 725MHz
Stream Processors: 336 Processor Cores
Effective Memory Clock: 3600MHz

ATI Radeon HD 5830 (for instance)
Core Clock: 800MHz
Stream Processors: 1120 Stream Processing Units
Effective Memory Clock: 1000MHz (4.0Gbps)

Another major difference, is the "Effective Memory Clock", 3600MHz to 1000MHz.

---

Interesting claim, here. And they also compared the GTX 460 with the Radeon HD 5830.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-460-us.html

It says at the bottom of the page:

nVIDIA Wrote:GeForce GTX 460 has 4 times faster FPS versus Radeon HD 5830 in Microsoft DirectX 11 SDK subd11 tessellation test with maximum tessellation level set.

[Squall Leonhart]

the 460 has more REAL cores, the 5830 only has 224 which distribute for 4ops and 1 sop every cycle, however to reach peak performance on amd, the drivers usually have to be specially optimised for the app due to the 4+1way design. average is 2+1 every cycle which leaves a good amount of shaders practically useless.

[abfab126]

460 WINS , I think , in any cases ...

[dannzen]

fanboy?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-gf104-fermi,2684-6.html

conclusion:

both are more than enough to handle dolphin...

(01-20-2011, 06:14 PM)hypnotoad Wrote: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-460-us.html

It says at the bottom of the page:

nVIDIA Wrote:GeForce GTX 460 has 4 times faster FPS versus Radeon HD 5830 in Microsoft DirectX 11 SDK subd11 tessellation test with maximum tessellation level set.

jeah but still under playable speed its marketing bullshit

but I would prefer nvidia... its overall better

[sixor]

lol
ati and nvidia have different ways to do the same thing, so you can't compare one brand vs another just by the spec

but in the end gtx460>5830 and 6850>both

[abfab126]

Indeed , but I ll say even sometimes 460 > OR = 6850 ^^

[meforero]

(01-21-2011, 03:23 AM)abfab126 Wrote: Indeed , but I ll say even sometimes 460 > OR = 6850 ^^

I was a fanatic of nvidia... but some day i play on may laptop (with ati) and i dicovery that my laptop are most power that desktop with nvidia. change my desktop now i have ati 4870 ddr3 and by the same price compare with nvidia i have ddr3 and more gigaflops... mmm dolphin allmost game run at 60fps.

The real gamers only has ATI

CIAO

[cristiano_ronaldo]

n vidia forever

[NaturalViolence]

I can't believe this was a serious question. Any benchmark that can be looked up on google in 5 seconds shows the GTX460 raping a 5830 across the board. It's at least 25-30% faster on average. But then again a 460 is supposed to be more expensive ($160 for a 5830, $170-200 for a 460 depending on if it's the 1GB edition or regular). Not sure where those prices in the OP came from.

[dannzen]

dont forget the power consumption in full and idle + loadness of nvidia cards...

these 3 factors helped me by my decision....
i have a ati 5770 in my rig
the airplane loadness of a nvidia sucks...

and iam using my i7 rig undervolted as workstation...