ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 157 vs 80
6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 735 vs 111
6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 735 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	157 vs 80
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735 vs 111

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 48 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	48 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

157

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

111

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	157	80
PassMark - G2D Mark	25	48
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735	111

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	G72
Launch date	10 December 2007	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1680	1681
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$32
Price now		$32
Value for money (0-100)		2.25
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 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	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2