ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3470

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 40 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 47 Watt
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 540 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

2.7x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 64 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 119
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 764
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 764

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.6 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	76.16 gflops vs 64 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	123 vs 119
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397 vs 764

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

764

1397

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	119	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		449

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G84
Launch date	23 January 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1622	1624
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops	76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	40	32
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI