NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 668 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 29

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 January 2010 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1360 MHz vs 668 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 29

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
3x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 144 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 790 MHz
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 220
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1686
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1686

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 790 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 220
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 1686

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

220

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1686

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1686

3345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	220	401
PassMark - G2D Mark	44	29
Geekbench - OpenCL	5892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1686	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1686	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	RV670
Launch date	26 January 2010	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	$179
Place in performance rating	1583	1463
Price now	$79.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1360 MHz	668 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	48	320
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA