NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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 9300M G

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

12.7x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 165 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 117

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 117

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 800 MHz
66.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
40x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 16
41.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 600 MHz
6.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 587 vs 85
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 778
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 778

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	587 vs 85
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336 vs 778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336 vs 778

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

242

117

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

778

3336

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	85	587
PassMark - G2D Mark	242	117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	778	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	778	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G86	R680
Launch date	1 February 2008	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1210	1211
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	825 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	2x 320
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2 / GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0