RTX A2000 12 GB vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 183 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 32.52 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 36.25 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | M82 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 January 2008 (18 years ago) | 23 November 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $449 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 3328 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 562 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 181 million | 12,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | 124.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04 TFLOPS | 7.987 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 4 | 104 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 104 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 26 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 3.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 3 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 167 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x mini-DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2008 | 23 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 70 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 3450 has 483% lower power consumption.
RTX A2000 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 588% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 3450 and RTX A2000 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3450 is a notebook graphics card while RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation one.
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