ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 and ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 425 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 40 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 91 vs 45

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2008 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 425 MHz
Pipelines	40 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	91 vs 45

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

2.6x more texture fill rate: 5.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 800 MHz

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	248 vs 247

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

247

248

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
PassMark - G3D Mark	91	45
PassMark - G2D Mark	247	248

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M82	M56
Launch date	7 January 2008	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	689	691
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	40	12
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	157 million
Boost clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	15.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	475 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	DDR2 / GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Powerplay
Powerplay 6.0