Radeon HD 3450 vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	114	not rated
Place by popularity	87	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	32.31	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104	RV620
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	2 November 2017 (6 years ago)	10 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data
Current price	$231 (0.6x MSRP)	$56

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2432	40
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	181 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	255.8	2.400
Floating-point performance	8,186 gflops	48 gflops

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB/s	8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 November 2017	10 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	25 Watt

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