ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT 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 3470

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.5x more pipelines: 40 vs 16
2.2x better floating-point performance: 64 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 119 vs 67
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 16
Floating-point performance	64 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	119 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 3.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 30 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 892 vs 764
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 892 vs 764

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892 vs 764

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

892

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

892

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	119	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764	892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764	892

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G86
Launch date	23 January 2008	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1624	1626
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	40	16
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	14 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 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
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	15.2 GB / s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0