ATI Radeon HD 4350 vs NVIDIA ION 2

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4350 and NVIDIA ION 2 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 4350

NVIDIA ION 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4350

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16

Launch date	30 September 2008 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	80 vs 16

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 928 vs 894
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 928 vs 894

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	928 vs 894
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	928 vs 894

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4350
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

928

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

928

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA ION 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	143
PassMark - G2D Mark	28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	894	928
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	894	928

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA ION 2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla 2.0
Code name	RV710	GT218
Launch date	30 September 2008	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1666	1669
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	16
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0