GeForce 9200 vs ATI Radeon HD 3450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 3450 and GeForce 9200, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 3450
2007
256 MB DDR2, 25 Watt
0.31

9200 outperforms ATI HD 3450 by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking13141244
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.850.75
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV620C79
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 December 2007 (17 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4016
Core clock speed600 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors181 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate2.4003.600
Floating-point processing power0.048 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 3450 0.31
GeForce 9200 0.44
+41.9%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 3450 121
GeForce 9200 169
+39.7%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.31 0.44
Recency 10 December 2007 17 April 2007
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 40 Watt

ATI HD 3450 has an age advantage of 7 months, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

GeForce 9200, on the other hand, has a 41.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce 9200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3450 in performance tests.


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