ATI Radeon HD 3100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3100 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3100

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3100

2.5x more pipelines: 40 vs 16
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm

Pipelines	40 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3100	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		156
PassMark - G2D Mark		39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1016

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3100	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Tesla
Code name	RS780MC	G86
Launch date	1 August 2008	1 August 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1468
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	40	16
CUDA cores		16
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
CUDA
SLI
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None