ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
10.8x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 320 vs 40
10.8x better floating-point performance: 432.0 gflops vs 40 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 91
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 247

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2009 vs 7 January 2008
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 40
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops vs 40 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	463 vs 91
PassMark - G2D Mark	375 vs 247

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

463

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

375

247

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark	463	91
PassMark - G2D Mark	375	247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2907
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2907

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M96	M82
Launch date	9 January 2009	7 January 2008
Place in performance rating	688	689
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops	40 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	40
Texture fill rate	21.6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3	DDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay