NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 350 MHz
6.3x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 660 MHz
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 242 vs 189
12.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 738 vs 60

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 660 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	242 vs 189
PassMark - G3D Mark	738 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

242

189

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

738

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
PassMark - G2D Mark	242	189
PassMark - G3D Mark	738	60
Geekbench - OpenCL	11231
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3974

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 340 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	R400
Code name	GT215	M26
Launch date	2 February 2010	1 March 2005
Place in performance rating	958	960
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	96
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB / s	10.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR