ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 184 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2007 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	184 vs 37

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 31 vs 24

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	31 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark	184	37
PassMark - G2D Mark	24	31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 6200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	NV43 A2
Launch date	10 December 2007	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	1680	1678
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		191 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR