ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 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 7600 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 27 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 735 vs 331
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 735 vs 331

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 December 2007 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 27 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735 vs 331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735 vs 331

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

2x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 159 vs 155
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	159 vs 155
PassMark - G2D Mark	39 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

159

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

331

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

331

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	155	159
PassMark - G2D Mark	25	39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735	331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735	331

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	G73
Launch date	10 December 2007	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1679	1681
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$84.99
Price now		$84.99
Value for money (0-100)		2.06
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	177 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	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2