ATI FirePro V9800 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameM82Cypress
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date25 July 2008 (16 years ago)9 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,499

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 cores401600
Core clock speed450 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors181 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate1.80068.00
Floating-point processing power0.036 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs480

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s147.2 GB/s
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 outputs6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.111.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2008 9 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 250 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3430 has 1983.3% lower power consumption.

ATI V9800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 3430 and FirePro V9800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3430 is a notebook card while FirePro V9800 is a workstation one.


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