ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking414not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.08no data
Power efficiency5.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGK104RV620
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 August 2012 (12 years ago)10 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate109.82.400
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS0.048 TFLOPS
ROPs244
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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
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 width192-bit GDDR564 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s500 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s8 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.33.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 660 Ti 4425
+3557%
ATI HD 3450 121

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2012 10 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 25 Watt

GTX 660 Ti has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 3450, on the other hand, has 500% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Radeon HD 3450. We've got no test results to judge.


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