NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 and ATI Radeon X300 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 375 MHz
17.8x more texture fill rate: 26.7 billion / sec vs 1.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 1603 MHz (3206 data rate) vs 400 MHz
64.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2650 vs 41
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 441 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	31 May 2010 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	1215 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion / sec vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate) vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2650 vs 41
PassMark - G2D Mark	441 vs 209

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

5.6x lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2650

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

441

209

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	2650	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	441	209
Geekbench - OpenCL	9276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	741.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.513
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	64.492
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2999
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3660
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 9
Code name	GF100	RV370
Launch date	31 May 2010	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	841	844
Price now	$263.28
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	12.73
Technical info
Compute performance	30x
Core clock speed	1215 MHz	375 MHz
CUDA cores	352
Floating-point performance	855.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	352
Texture fill rate	26.7 billion / sec	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVIMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1603 MHz (3206 data rate)	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround