NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 3470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 3470 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 3470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 58
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 185 vs 116

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 23 January 2008
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 58
PassMark - G3D Mark	185 vs 116

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3470

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 540 MHz
5x more pipelines: 40 vs 8
3.1x better floating-point performance: 64 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 764 vs 593
Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 764 vs 593

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 540 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 8
Floating-point performance	64 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	764 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	764 vs 593

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

116

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

764

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

764

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3470
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	58
PassMark - G3D Mark	185	116
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593	764
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593	764

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3470
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G98	RV620
Launch date	10 March 2009	23 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1630	1633
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	64 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	8	40
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1900 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3