AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 925 MHz vs 500 MHz
59.2x more texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
51.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 40
94.7x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 40 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
6.9x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	8 January 2013 vs 7 January 2008
Core clock speed	925 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 40
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

20.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3339
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3339
PassMark - G3D Mark		91
PassMark - G2D Mark		247

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8970 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tahiti	M82
Launch date	8 January 2013	7 January 2008
Place in performance rating	727	729
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	925 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	40
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	264.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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