ATI Radeon HD 3200 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3200 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3200

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3200

4.2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 40 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 227 vs 27

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 120 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	227 vs 27

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 144 vs 82
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1679 vs 386
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1679 vs 386

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	144 vs 82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679 vs 386
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679 vs 386

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

144

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

386

1679

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	27
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	144
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	386	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	386	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1140

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3200	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Tesla
Code name	RS780M	G96
Launch date	4 June 2008	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1271	1532
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	40	32
Transistor count	181 Million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Texture fill rate		8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Shared memory	yes	0
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 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-II
Laptop size		medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None