NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G vs ATI Radeon HD 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G and ATI Radeon HD 3450 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

ATI Radeon HD 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 25

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 10 December 2007
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	38 vs 25

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
5x more pipelines: 40 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 155 vs 58
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 735 vs 328
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 735 vs 328

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	155 vs 58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	735 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	735 vs 328

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

328

735

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

328

735

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G	ATI Radeon HD 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	58	155
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	25
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	328	735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	328	735

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G	ATI Radeon HD 3450
Essentials
Code name	MCP77MV MCP79MVL	RV620
Launch date	3 June 2008	10 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1682	1680
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		TeraScale
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	40
Floating-point performance		48 gflops
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		181 million
API support
DirectX	10	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None