ATI Radeon X1300 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1300 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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.

ATI Radeon X1300

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 235

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 October 2005 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 235

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

2.8x more texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1300
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

235

Name	ATI Radeon X1300	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	58	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	235

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1300	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV516	NV41
Launch date	5 October 2005	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	728	729
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		83 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3