ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430 vs GeForce GTX 670

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking375not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.38no data
Power efficiency5.66no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK104M82
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 May 2012 (12 years ago)25 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores134440
Core clock speed915 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt12 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate109.81.800
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS0.036 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs1124

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-II
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256-bit GDDR564 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s400 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.23.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2012 25 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 12 Watt

GTX 670 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 3430, on the other hand, has 1316.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 670 and Mobility Radeon HD 3430. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 670 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 3430 is a notebook one.


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