HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) vs Radeon HD 3450 AGP

HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 1 Feb 2011
HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
Radeon HD 3450 AGP
Memory: 512Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 23 Jan 2008
Radeon HD 3450 AGP

Summary

Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3450 AGP

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 3450 AGP

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 3450 AGP

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)Radeon HD 3450 AGP
GPU NameSandy Bridge GT2 ()vsRV620 (RV620 LE)
Fab Process32 nmvs55 nm
Die Size216 mm²vs67 mm²
Transistors189 millionvs181 million
Shaders12vs40
Compute Units0vs2
Core clock650 MHzvs600 MHz
ROPs1vs4
TMUs1vs4

Memory Configuration

HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)Radeon HD 3450 AGP
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsDDR2
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs64 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)Radeon HD 3450 AGP
TDP0 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date1 Feb 2011vs23 Jan 2008

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
    0.65 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 3450 AGP
    2.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
    650.00 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 3450 AGP
    2.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 3450 AGP
    8.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
    15.60 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 3450 AGP
    48.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better