ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 7 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 40 vs 16
  • Around 88% better floating-point performance: 48 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 184 vs 50
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 735 vs 392
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 735 vs 392
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 December 2007 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines 40 vs 16
Floating-point performance 48 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 184 vs 50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 735 vs 392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 735 vs 392

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 1188 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 45 vs 24
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed 1188 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 45 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
184
50
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
24
45
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
735
392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
735
392
Name ATI Radeon HD 3450 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
PassMark - G3D Mark 184 50
PassMark - G2D Mark 24 45
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 735 392
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 735 392

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 3450 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla
Code name RV620 G86
Launch date 10 December 2007 9 May 2007
Place in performance rating 1680 1681
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 48 gflops 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 40 16
Texture fill rate 2.4 GTexel / s 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 181 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 9.5 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1188 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory yes

Technologies

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