ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3200

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 227 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 8 November 2006
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	227 vs 98

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.2x more pipelines: 128 vs 40
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 590 vs 82
8.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 386
8.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 386

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	128 vs 40
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	590 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 386

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

590

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

3349

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	98
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Tesla
Code name	RS780M	G80
Launch date	4 June 2008	8 November 2006
Place in performance rating	1264	1266
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	576 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	128
Transistor count	181 Million	681 million
CUDA cores		575
Floating-point performance		345.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		155 Watt
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	768 MB
Shared memory	yes
Memory bandwidth		86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		384 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
SLI
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin