NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 vs ATI FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 and ATI FireGL V3200 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

ATI FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.6x more texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 85

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 July 2005 vs 1 September 2004
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 85

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V3200

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 46 Watt vs 83 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	46 Watt vs 83 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	236 vs 235

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V3200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

235

236

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450	ATI FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark	149	85
PassMark - G2D Mark	235	236

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450	ATI FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 9
Code name	NV41	RV380
Launch date	28 July 2005	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$135.75
Place in performance rating	730	731
Price now	$138.75
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	83 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR