GPU Performance & Price (AMD v Nvidia)
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:14 pm
NOTES: (More notes below the chart.)
All the scores are based on a combination of TechReport and AnandTech reviews. **see notes below
The scores are averages of the performance in the games used to test.
Performance/Price are caculated from the price on newegg as of (10/04/2010) [dd/mm/yy]. (mail in rebates do not help the price)
CARD..................... performance........TR only...........US dollar ........(performance/price) *10
HD-5970....................170.77.............174.41.............700.......................2.44
GTX-480.....................127.90..............127.30..............500.......................2.56
HD-5870....................117.09.............117.51.............410.......................2.86
GTX-470.....................103.98..............104.23..............350........................2.97
HD-5850....................100.00.............100.00.............300.......................3.33
HD-5830......................77.78..............79.43.............235.......................3.31
HD-5770......................67.11..............68.01.............155.......................4.33
* EDITING IN PROGRESS *
cards below this have not been recalculated.
WHAT a MESS!
Apologies to all.. this will not be completed till April 19, 2010.
EDIT: ... it will be more like April 26 or May 4 as I have to work this weekend as well.
GTX 295 ..............................315.05..................465....................6.78
HD 4870 X2..........................292.87.................400...................7.32
HD 5870..............................283.75.................380...................7.47
HD 4850 X2..........................256.09
HD 5850..............................237.15.................260...................9.12
GTX 285 ..............................227.21..................326....................6.97
GTX 275 ..............................215.01..................215...................10.00
9800 GX2..............................212.58
4890 OC .............................208.40 ................210...................9.92
GTX 280...............................203.97..................235....................8.86
HD 4870..............................181.54.................125...................14.52
GTX 260...............................172.66..................165....................10.46
HD 5770 .............................163.09.................160....................10.19
HD 3870 X2..........................145.35
HD 4850..............................144.92...................97...................14.94
HD 5750..............................138.61..................130...................10.66
HD 4830..............................131.96...................85...................15.53
8800 GTS 512........................121.11
8800 GTX.............................120.38
9800 GTX.............................119.33
HD 3870..............................103.90
8800 GT ..............................100.00 (600MHz version)
8800 GTS 640 .........................98.33
9600 GT................................97.21
HD 2900 XT...........................92.82
HD 4670................................87.03
HD 3850................................82.02
8800 GTS 320..........................81.98
1950 XTX .............................65.26
X 1900 XTX...........................62.44
7900 GTX...............................62.41
X 1900 XT.............................58.63
X 1800 XT.............................51.38
7900 GT.................................44.75
7800 GTX ...............................43.82
7800 GT.................................40.49
X 850 XT.................................36.43
6800 Ultra...............................33.37
X 800 XL.................................30.72
6800 GT .................................29.08
X 800 Pro ................................27.03
9800 XT...................................22.07
FX 5950 Ultra ............................21.95
Geforce 5900 Ultra......................21.82
Radeon 9800 ............................18.63
Radeon 9700 ............................16.82
FX 5800 Ultra............................15.63
Geforce Ti 4600.........................13.95
Geforce Ti 4200.........................11.99
Geforce 3 Ti 500........................11.87
Radeon 8500.............................10.70
Geforce 3 ................................10.34
Geforce 2 Ultra ...........................6.67
Radeon 64MB DDR ........................4.30
Voodoo 5 5500 ............................3.95
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Additonal Notes: The most accurate scores would be reflected in the newest ones in the top group. These were all within one review with the same games benchmarked, ect. Naturally, there are problems with this type of list since all the various reviews used different games.. and different cards perform differently with different games.
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Q: How are the scores from TechReport & AnandTech combined?
A: TR has priority. Typcially I will use the games from TR and add in only games that AnandTech has that are not included with the TR review.
However, in this first case I used 7 games from TR and 7 games from AnandTech. I did this because I wanted to ensure the the reviews were similar with the new games / test systems for starting the new combining method. Because there were 7 games from each site, the scores were added and divided by 2 to get the combined score. In most cases in the future (I'm expecting) it will be just a couple of games from Anand included with the TR score.
Q: Both TechReport and AnandTech used some games in two benchmarks (DX11 vs DX10 or DX9). Do these games get counted twice?
A: No. In the case where a game has multiple benchmarks, the scores from both benchmarks are combined into one game score. This ensures that each game has the same weight in the overall score.
Q: I don't like you.
A: That's not a question and I don't care.
Q: How are you figuring the scores for the most recent review when some benchmarks are DX11 and not all cards are DX11 capable?
A: First, all of the DX11 cards are calculated with the HD 5850 as the baseline. Then those cards & scores are used to compare to the other cards using the games where they share scores.
Q: Sometimes using one manufactures card to compare to another manufactures earlier cards may cause skew if it is not from the same review. How do you avoid this?
A: The HD 5850 is the ultimate baseline score. However, when comparing other cards that have no direct comparison the known score from manufacturers card will be used to establish the baseline for the other cards.
Q: Do you use all resolutions?
A: No. 1920x1200 is used where available. TR has many 1920x1080 scores creeping in (much to my dismay). Those are used when 1920x1200 are not available.
If neither of those are available, the highest possible resolution is used.
Q: Why is card "X" not listed?
A: Because I'm lazy
Q: What causes some of the inaccuracies?
A: Not all cards are tested in the same reviews and not all reviews use the same games. Different cards perform better or worse than their counterparts depending on the games tested. So, for example eight cards in the list are in the latest review used one of those cards is used to compare against older reviews to determine where the new cards line up vs the old cards. The problem with this is the newer reviews use different games where the older cards may have not performed as good had they been included in the new reviews.
Q: Why aren't you keeping track of prices for cards such as the 9600GT or HD 4670?
A: It doesn't pay to buy one of those cards at this time considering the HD 4830 only cost 20-30 bucks more and performs significantly better.
Q: Why is the 8800GTX above the 9800 GTX when it used to be below?
A: Look at the (HD 4870) review.
All the scores are based on a combination of TechReport and AnandTech reviews. **see notes below
The scores are averages of the performance in the games used to test.
Performance/Price are caculated from the price on newegg as of (10/04/2010) [dd/mm/yy]. (mail in rebates do not help the price)
CARD..................... performance........TR only...........US dollar ........(performance/price) *10
HD-5970....................170.77.............174.41.............700.......................2.44
GTX-480.....................127.90..............127.30..............500.......................2.56
HD-5870....................117.09.............117.51.............410.......................2.86
GTX-470.....................103.98..............104.23..............350........................2.97
HD-5850....................100.00.............100.00.............300.......................3.33
HD-5830......................77.78..............79.43.............235.......................3.31
HD-5770......................67.11..............68.01.............155.......................4.33
* EDITING IN PROGRESS *
cards below this have not been recalculated.
WHAT a MESS!
Apologies to all.. this will not be completed till April 19, 2010.
EDIT: ... it will be more like April 26 or May 4 as I have to work this weekend as well.
GTX 295 ..............................315.05..................465....................6.78
HD 4870 X2..........................292.87.................400...................7.32
HD 5870..............................283.75.................380...................7.47
HD 4850 X2..........................256.09
HD 5850..............................237.15.................260...................9.12
GTX 285 ..............................227.21..................326....................6.97
GTX 275 ..............................215.01..................215...................10.00
9800 GX2..............................212.58
4890 OC .............................208.40 ................210...................9.92
GTX 280...............................203.97..................235....................8.86
HD 4870..............................181.54.................125...................14.52
GTX 260...............................172.66..................165....................10.46
HD 5770 .............................163.09.................160....................10.19
HD 3870 X2..........................145.35
HD 4850..............................144.92...................97...................14.94
HD 5750..............................138.61..................130...................10.66
HD 4830..............................131.96...................85...................15.53
8800 GTS 512........................121.11
8800 GTX.............................120.38
9800 GTX.............................119.33
HD 3870..............................103.90
8800 GT ..............................100.00 (600MHz version)
8800 GTS 640 .........................98.33
9600 GT................................97.21
HD 2900 XT...........................92.82
HD 4670................................87.03
HD 3850................................82.02
8800 GTS 320..........................81.98
1950 XTX .............................65.26
X 1900 XTX...........................62.44
7900 GTX...............................62.41
X 1900 XT.............................58.63
X 1800 XT.............................51.38
7900 GT.................................44.75
7800 GTX ...............................43.82
7800 GT.................................40.49
X 850 XT.................................36.43
6800 Ultra...............................33.37
X 800 XL.................................30.72
6800 GT .................................29.08
X 800 Pro ................................27.03
9800 XT...................................22.07
FX 5950 Ultra ............................21.95
Geforce 5900 Ultra......................21.82
Radeon 9800 ............................18.63
Radeon 9700 ............................16.82
FX 5800 Ultra............................15.63
Geforce Ti 4600.........................13.95
Geforce Ti 4200.........................11.99
Geforce 3 Ti 500........................11.87
Radeon 8500.............................10.70
Geforce 3 ................................10.34
Geforce 2 Ultra ...........................6.67
Radeon 64MB DDR ........................4.30
Voodoo 5 5500 ............................3.95
------------------------------------------------------
Additonal Notes: The most accurate scores would be reflected in the newest ones in the top group. These were all within one review with the same games benchmarked, ect. Naturally, there are problems with this type of list since all the various reviews used different games.. and different cards perform differently with different games.
----------------------
Q: How are the scores from TechReport & AnandTech combined?
A: TR has priority. Typcially I will use the games from TR and add in only games that AnandTech has that are not included with the TR review.
However, in this first case I used 7 games from TR and 7 games from AnandTech. I did this because I wanted to ensure the the reviews were similar with the new games / test systems for starting the new combining method. Because there were 7 games from each site, the scores were added and divided by 2 to get the combined score. In most cases in the future (I'm expecting) it will be just a couple of games from Anand included with the TR score.
Q: Both TechReport and AnandTech used some games in two benchmarks (DX11 vs DX10 or DX9). Do these games get counted twice?
A: No. In the case where a game has multiple benchmarks, the scores from both benchmarks are combined into one game score. This ensures that each game has the same weight in the overall score.
Q: I don't like you.
A: That's not a question and I don't care.
Q: How are you figuring the scores for the most recent review when some benchmarks are DX11 and not all cards are DX11 capable?
A: First, all of the DX11 cards are calculated with the HD 5850 as the baseline. Then those cards & scores are used to compare to the other cards using the games where they share scores.
Q: Sometimes using one manufactures card to compare to another manufactures earlier cards may cause skew if it is not from the same review. How do you avoid this?
A: The HD 5850 is the ultimate baseline score. However, when comparing other cards that have no direct comparison the known score from manufacturers card will be used to establish the baseline for the other cards.
Q: Do you use all resolutions?
A: No. 1920x1200 is used where available. TR has many 1920x1080 scores creeping in (much to my dismay). Those are used when 1920x1200 are not available.
If neither of those are available, the highest possible resolution is used.
Q: Why is card "X" not listed?
A: Because I'm lazy
Q: What causes some of the inaccuracies?
A: Not all cards are tested in the same reviews and not all reviews use the same games. Different cards perform better or worse than their counterparts depending on the games tested. So, for example eight cards in the list are in the latest review used one of those cards is used to compare against older reviews to determine where the new cards line up vs the old cards. The problem with this is the newer reviews use different games where the older cards may have not performed as good had they been included in the new reviews.
Q: Why aren't you keeping track of prices for cards such as the 9600GT or HD 4670?
A: It doesn't pay to buy one of those cards at this time considering the HD 4830 only cost 20-30 bucks more and performs significantly better.
Q: Why is the 8800GTX above the 9800 GTX when it used to be below?
A: Look at the (HD 4870) review.