ATI Radeon HD 3470 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3470 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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 8800 GTS 320

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 513 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 143 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1584 MHz
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 January 2008 vs 12 February 2007
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 513 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 143 Watt
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1584 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

3.8x more texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 96 vs 40
3.6x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 64 gflops
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 320 MB vs 256 MB
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 412 vs 116

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.31 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 40
Floating-point performance	228.1 gflops vs 64 gflops
Maximum memory size	320 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	412 vs 116

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3470
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

412

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	412
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3470	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G80
Launch date	23 January 2008	12 February 2007
Place in performance rating	1633	1635
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	513 MHz
Floating-point performance	64 gflops	228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	96
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	143 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	681 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	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	320 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.2 GB / s	63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz	1584 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3