ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS 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 7300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 184 vs 79
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 735 vs 277
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 735 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2007 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	184 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735 vs 277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735 vs 277

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

184

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

277

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

277

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	184	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	24	47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735	277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735	277

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	G72
Launch date	10 December 2007	18 January 2006
Place in performance rating	1680	1682
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	112 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
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2