AMD Radeon HD 8450G vs NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8450G and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 8450G

NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8450G

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 150 nm
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 134 vs 116
112.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 337 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2013 vs 1 October 2001
Core clock speed	533 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	134 vs 116
PassMark - G3D Mark	337 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8450G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

134

116

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8450G	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
Geekbench - OpenCL	984
PassMark - G2D Mark	134	116
PassMark - G3D Mark	337	3
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8450G	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	Kelvin
Code name	Richland	NV20 A5
Launch date	12 March 2013	1 October 2001
Place in performance rating	1336	1333
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	720 MHz
Core clock speed	533 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate		1.92 GTexel / s
Transistor count		57 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	medium sized
Interface		AGP 4x
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	8.0
OpenGL		1.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video