AMD Radeon R7 260X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 260X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
34.2x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
22.4x more pipelines: 896 vs 40
54.8x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
32.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3194 vs 98
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 260

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 25 July 2008
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	896 vs 40
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3194 vs 98
PassMark - G2D Mark	523 vs 260

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

9.6x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3194

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

523

260

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
PassMark - G3D Mark	3194	98
PassMark - G2D Mark	523	260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1481

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bonaire	M82
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	25 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$139
Place in performance rating	645	646
Price now	$239
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	17.15
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	896	40
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	181 million
Core clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync