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).

 

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 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 155 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 155 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
155
79
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25
46
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 155 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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