ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI vs ATI Radeon HD 3650

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI and ATI Radeon HD 3650 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

ATI Radeon HD 3650

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3650

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 5.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 120 vs 40
3.6x better floating-point performance: 174 gflops vs 48 gflops
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	725 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.8 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	120 vs 40
Floating-point performance	174 gflops vs 48 gflops
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3650

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI	ATI Radeon HD 3650
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2162

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI	ATI Radeon HD 3650
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV620	RV635
Launch date	23 January 2008	20 January 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1481
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	725 MHz
Floating-point performance	48 gflops	174 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	40	120
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	5.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3