Radeon HD 3450 PCI vs GeForce GT 630
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3450 PCI |
| 40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GT 630 . |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 630 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 630
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3450 PCI | | GeForce GT 630 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV620 (RV620 LE) | vs | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 67 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 181 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 40 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3450 PCI | | GeForce GT 630 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3450 PCI | | GeForce GT 630 | |
|---|
| TDP | 25 watts | vs | 65 watts |
| Release Date | 23 Jan 2008 | vs | 15 May 2012 |
Radeon HD 3450 PCI
2.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 630
3.24 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3450 PCI
2.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 630
13.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3450 PCI
6.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 630
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3450 PCI
48.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 630
311.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better