ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs ATI Radeon IGP 340M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 and ATI Radeon IGP 340M 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 3870

ATI Radeon IGP 340M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.2x more core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 180 nm
184x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 552 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	552 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon IGP 340M

Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 102 vs 57

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	102 vs 57

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 340M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

552

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

102

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870	ATI Radeon IGP 340M
PassMark - G3D Mark	552	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	57	102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870	ATI Radeon IGP 340M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 6
Code name	RV670	RS200
Launch date	19 November 2007	5 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	1398	1401
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	777 MHz	183 MHz
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	30 million
Boost clock speed		180 MHz
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	241 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	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4
Shared memory		yes