ATI Radeon HD 4350 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4350 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M 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 Quadro NVS 160M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4350

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.64 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 80 vs 8
4.1x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 160 vs 141
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 894 vs 784
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 894 vs 784

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 September 2008 vs 15 August 2008
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 580 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines	80 vs 8
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	160 vs 141
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	894 vs 784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	894 vs 784

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 20 Watt
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 27 vs 26

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 20 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	27 vs 26

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4350
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

784

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

784

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
PassMark - G3D Mark	160	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	26	27
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	894	784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	894	784

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV710	G98
Launch date	30 September 2008	15 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1677	1679
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	23.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	80	8
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	4.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-I
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0