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).

 

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 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 155 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 155 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
155
80
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
48
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 155 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 1682
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