ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 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 9300M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

5x more pipelines: 40 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 227 vs 26

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	40 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	227 vs 26

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 100 vs 82
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 747 vs 386
Around 94% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 747 vs 386

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	100 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	747 vs 386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	747 vs 386

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

100

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

747

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

747

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	26
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386	747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386	747

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Tesla
Code name	RS780M	G98
Launch date	4 June 2008	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1271	1678
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	40	8
Transistor count	181 Million	210 million
CUDA cores		8
Floating-point performance		22.4 gflops
Gigaflops		34
Texture fill rate		4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		13 Watt
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Shared memory	yes	0
Memory bandwidth		11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
CUDA
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-I