ATI Radeon IGP 345M vs GeForce 8300 GS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8300 GS with Radeon IGP 345M, including specs and performance data.

8300 GS
2007
128 MB DDR2, 40 Watt
0.30
+2900%

8300 GS outperforms ATI IGP 345M by a whopping 2900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13301530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.51no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 6 (2000−2007)
GPU code nameG86RS200
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)5 October 2002 (22 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 cores8no data
Core clock speed459 MHz183 MHz
Number of transistors210 million30 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.6720.37
Floating-point processing power0.01469 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
TMUs82

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 x16AGP 4x
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed400 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)7.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

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.

8300 GS 0.30
+2900%
ATI IGP 345M 0.01

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.

8300 GS 115
+5650%
ATI IGP 345M 2

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 0.30 0.01
Recency 17 April 2007 5 October 2002
Chip lithography 80 nm 180 nm

8300 GS has a 2900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce 8300 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon IGP 345M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8300 GS is a desktop card while Radeon IGP 345M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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