NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 3470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 3470 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 3470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.4x more texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 48 vs 40
Around 65% better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 64 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 198 vs 116
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1062 vs 764
Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1062 vs 764

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 23 January 2008
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 40
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops vs 64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	198 vs 116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1062 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1062 vs 764

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 589 MHz
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 46

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 589 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 33 Watt
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 46

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

198

116

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1062

764

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1062

764

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3470
PassMark - G2D Mark	46	58
PassMark - G3D Mark	198	116
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1062	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1062	764

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3470
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT218	RV620
Launch date	22 February 2011	23 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1629	1632
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops	64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	40
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3