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).

 

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
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 155 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 155 vs 37

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200

  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 31 vs 25
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 31 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
155
37
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
31
Name ATI Radeon HD 3450 NVIDIA GeForce 6200
PassMark - G3D Mark 155 37
PassMark - G2D Mark 25 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 1677
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