NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 vs ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 and ATI Radeon IGP 345M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 430 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 180 nm
75.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 227 vs 3
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 120 vs 82

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 July 2005 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed	430 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	227 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	120 vs 82

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 345M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

120

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500	ATI Radeon IGP 345M
PassMark - G3D Mark	227	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	120	82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	855

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500	ATI Radeon IGP 345M
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 6
Code name	G70	RS200
Launch date	28 July 2005	5 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499
Place in performance rating	1478	1480
Price now	$249
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	109 Watt
Transistor count	302 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3