ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 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).

ATI Radeon HD 3450

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

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
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 157 vs 79
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 735 vs 169
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 735 vs 169

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	157 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735 vs 169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735 vs 169

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

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
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 25

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

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

169

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

735

169

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
PassMark - G3D Mark	157	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	25	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735	169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735	169

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
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
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
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