ATI Radeon E4690 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon E4690 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon E4690

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon E4690

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 41% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 425 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 83 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 405 vs 149
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 347 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2009 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 83 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	405 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	347 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon E4690
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

405

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

235

Name	ATI Radeon E4690	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	405	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	347	235
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3302
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3302

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon E4690	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV730	NV41
Launch date	1 June 2009	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	723	724
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	83 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	222 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video