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.

 

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

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