NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS vs ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS and ATI Radeon IGP 345M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 183 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
  • 34x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 102 vs 3
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2008 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed 567 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 102 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon IGP 345M

  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 80
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 82 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 345M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
102
3
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
80
82
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS ATI Radeon IGP 345M
PassMark - G3D Mark 102 3
PassMark - G2D Mark 80 82

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Rage 6
Code name G98 RS200
Launch date 1 June 2008 5 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $59.95
Place in performance rating 1468 1470
Price now $59.95
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 1.99

Technical info

Core clock speed 567 MHz 183 MHz
Floating-point performance 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 180 nm
Pipelines 8
Texture fill rate 4.54 GTexel / s
Transistor count 210 million 30 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.0 7.0
OpenGL 3.3 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 666 MHz
Memory type DDR2