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).

 

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
80
30
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 1469 1471
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