ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i 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 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 119 vs 42
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 37

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	119 vs 42
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 37

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
PassMark - G3D Mark	119	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV620	C73
Launch date	23 January 2008	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1623	1648
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	112 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	PCI
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3