NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition

  • 6.7x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 64 vs 40
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 160 gflops vs 48 gflops
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1598 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 64 vs 40
Floating-point performance 160 gflops vs 48 gflops
Memory clock speed 1598 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

  • Around 20% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 105 Watt
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G92 RV620
Launch date 31 January 2008 23 January 2008
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 600 MHz
Floating-point performance 160 gflops 48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 64 40
Texture fill rate 16 GTexel / s 2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 754 million 181 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-HE PCI
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 51.1 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1598 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR2

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