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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS | ATI Radeon HD 3850 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
Length | 208 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |