ATI FireGL V3400 vs ATI Radeon 7200

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL V3400 and ATI Radeon 7200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI FireGL V3400

ATI Radeon 7200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3400

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 143 MHz
34.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 103 vs 3
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 353 vs 94

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2005 vs 1 June 2000
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 143 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	103 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	353 vs 94

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7200

498x more texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL V3400
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

353

Name	ATI FireGL V3400	ATI Radeon 7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	103	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	353	94

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL V3400	ATI Radeon 7200
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 6
Code name	RV530	R100
Launch date	1 October 2005	1 June 2000
Place in performance rating	485	1433
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	996 MTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million	30 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR