NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 19 November 2007
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	80 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 567 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 320 vs 8
19.1x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 666 MHz
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 102

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 8
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 102

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

102

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	102	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G98	RV670
Launch date	1 June 2008	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.95	$179
Place in performance rating	1463	1465
Price now	$59.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	668 MHz
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	320
Texture fill rate	4.54 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Transistor count	210 million	666 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		208 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3