ATI Radeon HD 3730 vs Intel GMA 3600

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3730 and Intel GMA 3600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 3730

Intel GMA 3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3730

Around 81% higher core clock speed: 722 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	722 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3600

5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3730	Intel GMA 3600
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	PowerVR SGX545
Code name	RV635	Cedarview
Launch date	5 October 2008	1 October 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	722 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	173.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	378 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	ES 2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	792 MHz
Memory type	DDR2