NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS vs ATI Radeon HD 3470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

ATI Radeon HD 3470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 122 vs 116
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 882 vs 764
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 882 vs 764

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 23 January 2008
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	122 vs 116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882 vs 764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882 vs 764

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 550 MHz
5x more pipelines: 40 vs 8
2.9x better floating-point performance: 64 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 8
Floating-point performance	64 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3470

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

764

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

764

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	ATI Radeon HD 3470
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	116
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	882	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	882	764

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS	ATI Radeon HD 3470
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G98	RV620
Launch date	3 June 2008	23 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1632	1633
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	8
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	64 gflops
Gigaflops	31
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	40
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA