ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP 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 X850 PRO AGP

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Launch date	4 September 2005 vs 28 July 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Name	ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark		149
PassMark - G2D Mark		235

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Curie
Code name	R481	NV41
Launch date	4 September 2005	28 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$135.75
Place in performance rating	not rated	726
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 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	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3