ATI Radeon HD 3410 vs GeForce GTX 980M SLI
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 222 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.54 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | no data | RV610 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 October 2014 (10 years ago) | 7 May 2009 (15 years ago) |
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 cores | 3072 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 1038 MHz | 519 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1127 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2x 5200 Million | 180 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 20 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 2.076 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.04152 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 4 |
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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
| 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 type | GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x 8 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5000 MHz | 396 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 6.336 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 | no data | 1x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 10.0 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 October 2014 | 7 May 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | 20 Watt |
GTX 980M SLI has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 3410, on the other hand, has 900% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980M SLI and Radeon HD 3410. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 980M SLI is a notebook card while Radeon HD 3410 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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