ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 567 MHz
5.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 2.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 2x 40 vs 16
2.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 48 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 666 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 2.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 40 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 48 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 666 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

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 GS PCI

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450 X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G98
Launch date	10 December 2007	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1647
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 48 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 40	16
Texture fill rate	2x 2.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.16 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	PCI
Length	168 mm	170 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR3