ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 540 MHz
5.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 2.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 2x 40 vs 8
4.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 48 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 2.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 40 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2x 48 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		733

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G98
Launch date	10 December 2007	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1391
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.78
Price now		$69.78
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 48 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 40	8
Texture fill rate	2x 2.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2