Intel GMA X3500 vs ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA X3500 and ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Intel GMA X3500

ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X3500

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 59 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 59 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 667 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 667 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA X3500	ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 4.0	TeraScale
Code name	Bearlake	RV730
Launch date	1 August 2007	17 July 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	667 MHz	750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt	59 Watt
Floating-point performance		480.0 gflops
Pipelines		320
Texture fill rate		24 GTexel / s
Transistor count		514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length		193 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.1
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3