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).

 

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
58
155
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
38
25
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 1683 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