NVIDIA GeForce 310 vs ATI Radeon HD 3450
            NVIDIA GeForce 310
            
                
            
        
    
            ATI Radeon HD 3450
            
                
            
        
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                             16 Shaders 
                            512MB DDR2 
                            589MHz 
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                             40 Shaders 
                            256MB DDR2 
                            600MHz 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            0.05 TOPS 
                            INT32 
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                             Peak AI Performance 
                            50 GFLOPS 
                            FP32 
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                             FP32 
                            50 GFLOPS 
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                             FP32 
                            50 GFLOPS 
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            1.0-Slots 
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                             Form Factor 
                            PCIe Card 
                            1.0-Slots 
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                             TDP 
                            31W 
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                             TDP 
                            25W 
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 OpenCL N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Metal N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB6 Vulkan N/A 
                                            
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 OpenCL N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            0.05 TOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT32
                                         
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                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            50 GFLOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            FP32
                                         
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            50 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            50 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
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                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            0.05 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            2.356 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            2.4 GPixel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            4.712 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            2.4 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            ATI
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            ATI
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Tesla 2
                                        
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            TeraScale 1
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 300
                                        
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                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Radeon HD 3000
                                        
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                                         Codename 
                                        NVA8 
                                        GT218 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Codename 
                                        Koopa 
                                        RV620 
                                        Variant 
                                        RV620 LE 
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| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
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                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        11/27/2009 
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                                         Release Date 
                                        1/23/2008 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        40nm 
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        55nm 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        57 mm² 
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                                         Die Size 
                                        67 mm² 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        260 Million 
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                                         Transistor Count 
                                        181 Million 
                                        - 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        4.56M/mm² 
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                                         Transistor Density 
                                        2.70M/mm² 
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| 
                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
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                                         Form 
                                        PCIe Card 
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| 
                                         Shading Units 
                                        16 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        40 Shaders 
                                        - 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        8 TMUs 
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                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        4 TMUs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        4 ROPs 
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                                         Render Output Units 
                                        4 ROPs 
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                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        2 SMs 
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                                         Compute Units 
                                        2 CUs 
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                                         - 
                                        1402MHz Shader 
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                                        589MHz 
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                                        600MHz 
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                                         L1 
                                        - 
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                                        Unknown 
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                                         L1 
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                                        Unknown 
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                                         L2 
                                        32KB Shared 
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                                         L2 
                                        64KB Shared 
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                                         512MB 
                                        DDR2 
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                                         256MB 
                                        DDR2 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        64Bit 
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                                         Bus Width 
                                        64Bit 
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                                         Clock 
                                        500MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        1GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        8GB/s 
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                                         Clock 
                                        500MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        1GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        8GB/s 
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                                         TDP 
                                        31W 
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                                         TDP 
                                        25W 
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                                         1x VGA 
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                                        1x DVI-I Dual-Link 
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                                        1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1 
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                                        1x S-Video 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        2560x1600 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        2560x1600 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        - 
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        - 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Not Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        2 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        2 
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                                         No Encoders 
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                                         No Decoders 
                                        
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                                         Model 
                                        UVD 1.0 
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                                        VC-1 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        11 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        10_0 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        10 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        10_1 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        3.3 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        1.1 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        3.3 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        1.1 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        4.0 
                                        CUDA 
                                        1.2 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP4 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set C 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        4.1 
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                                        GFX 
                                        3 
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                                        1x Fan 
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                                         Slots Required 
                                        1.0 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        2.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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                                         Slots Required 
                                        1.0 
                                        PCIe Version 
                                        2.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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                                         Height 
                                        69 mm (2.72 in) 
                                        Width 
                                        168 mm (6.61 in) 
                                        Depth 
                                        20 mm (0.79 in) 
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