ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2

GT 610 GT 610 PCI GT 620 GT 625 OEM GT 630 GT 630 OEM GT 635 OEM GT 640 GT 640 OEM GT 640 OEM Rebrand GT 640 Rev. 2 GT 645 OEM
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Radeon HD 3200 Radeon HD 3410 Radeon HD 3450 Radeon HD 3450 AGP Radeon HD 3450 PCI Radeon HD 3450 X2 Radeon HD 3470 Radeon HD 3650 Radeon HD 3750 Radeon HD 3850 Radeon HD 3850 AGP Radeon HD 3870

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 and Radeon HD 3450, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 640 Rev. 2
2013
1 GB GDDR5, 49 Watt
3.55
+1045%

GT 640 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI HD 3450 by a whopping 1045% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GT 640 Rev. 2 GT 640 Rev. 2
ATI HD 3450 HD 3450

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking7221312
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.19no data
Power efficiency5.050.87
ArchitectureKepler 2.0 (2013−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK208RV620
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 May 2013 (11 years ago)10 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$89 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38440
Core clock speed1046 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors915 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)49 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate33.472.400
Floating-point processing power0.8033 TFLOPS0.048 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs324

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1252 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth40.06 GB/s8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA3.5-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 3.55 0.31
Recency 29 May 2013 10 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 49 Watt 25 Watt

GT 640 Rev. 2 has a 1045.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 3450, on the other hand, has 96% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GT 640 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3450 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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