Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRV6xx (2007−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM82no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 January 2007 (17 years ago)27 February 2024 (less than a year 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 cores402048
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Number of transistors181 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt60 Watt (35 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate2.000no data
Floating-point processing power0.04 gflopsno data

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceMXM-IIno data

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 typeDDR2/GDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.112 Ultimate
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2007 27 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 60 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3450 has 400% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 3450 and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
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