ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2

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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 GTX 780 Rev. 2 and Radeon HD 3450, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 780 Rev. 2
2013
3 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
10.77
+3374%

GTX 780 Rev. 2 outperforms ATI HD 3450 by a whopping 3374% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTX 780 Rev. 2 GTX 780 Rev. 2
ATI HD 3450 HD 3450

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4271312
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.30no data
Power efficiency3.010.87
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK110BRV620
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 September 2013 (11 years ago)10 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 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 cores230440
Core clock speed863 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed902 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate173.22.400
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS0.048 TFLOPS
ROPs484
TMUs1924

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 amount3 GB256 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)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 10.77 0.31
Recency 10 September 2013 10 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 25 Watt

GTX 780 Rev. 2 has a 3374.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 3450, on the other hand, has 900% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780 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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