ATI Radeon HD 3450 vs GeForce GTX 850A

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 850A with Radeon HD 3450, including specs and performance data.

GTX 850A
2014
2 GB DDR3, 45 Watt
2.72
+777%

GTX 850A outperforms ATI HD 3450 by a whopping 777% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8051316
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.160.85
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGM107RV620
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)10 December 2007 (17 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 cores64040
Core clock speed902 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speed936 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million181 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate37.442.400
Floating-point processing power1.198 TFLOPS0.048 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs404

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
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 850A 2.72
+777%
ATI HD 3450 0.31

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 850A 1049
+767%
ATI HD 3450 121

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 2.72 0.31
Recency 17 March 2014 10 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 25 Watt

GTX 850A has a 777.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 3450, on the other hand, has 80% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 850A is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3450 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 850A is a notebook card while Radeon HD 3450 is a desktop one.


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