ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 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 3470

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 700 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 51
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 764 vs 184
4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 764 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 8 August 2006
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	116 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764 vs 184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764 vs 184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 58

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

184

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

184

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	51
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764	184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764	184

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	NV44 B2
Launch date	23 January 2008	8 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1633	1636
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	75 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
Length	168 mm
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	15.2 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2