ATI Radeon HD 4450 vs Intel GMA 3100

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4450 and Intel GMA 3100 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 4450

Intel GMA 3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4450

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	18 November 2011 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3100

Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 25 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4450	Intel GMA 3100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Generation 4.0
Code name	RV710	Bearlake
Launch date	18 November 2011	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	80
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2