ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 and ATI Radeon IGP 345M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3850

ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 180 nm
131x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon IGP 345M

2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 30

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	82 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 345M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850	ATI Radeon IGP 345M
PassMark - G3D Mark	393	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	82
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850	ATI Radeon IGP 345M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 6
Code name	RV670	RS200
Launch date	19 November 2007	5 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1471	1472
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	183 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3