ATI Radeon HD 3450 AGP vs RX 470 Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 363 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.67 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 14.86 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Ellesmere | RV620 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 August 2016 (9 years ago) | 23 January 2008 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549.99 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2048 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 926 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1074 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 181 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 137.5 | 2.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.399 TFLOPS | 0.048 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 | 4 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 64 KB |
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 | MXM-B (3.0) | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 August 2016 | 23 January 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 25 Watt |
RX 470 Mobile has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 293% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 3450 AGP, on the other hand, has 240% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 Mobile and Radeon HD 3450 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 470 Mobile is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 3450 AGP is a desktop one.
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