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).

ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

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
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 92

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 92

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 344 MHz
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 579 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	579 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

579

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

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	579
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	92
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	1290	1291
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