ATI Radeon 3100 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 3100 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 98
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 March 2008 vs 8 November 2006
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 228 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

  • Around 67% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 344 MHz
  • 8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 590 vs 74
  • 9.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 370
  • 9.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 370
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 576 MHz vs 344 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 590 vs 74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 370

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
74
590
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
228
98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
370
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
370
3349
Name ATI Radeon 3100 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 74 590
PassMark - G2D Mark 228 98
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 370 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 370 3349

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 3100 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla
Code name RS780 G80
Launch date 4 March 2008 8 November 2006
Place in performance rating 1265 1266
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Core clock speed 344 MHz 576 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Transistor count 180 million 681 million
CUDA cores 575
Floating-point performance 345.6 gflops
Pipelines 128
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Length 270 mm

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

SLI