ATI Radeon HD 3830 vs ATI Radeon HD 3690

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3830 and ATI Radeon HD 3690 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 3830

ATI Radeon HD 3690

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3690

Core clock speed	670 MHz vs 668 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.72 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	428.8 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 1656 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3830	ATI Radeon HD 3690
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV670	RV670
Launch date	1 April 2008	30 March 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	670 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops	428.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	10.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	26.5 GB / s	26.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3