ATI Radeon HD 3100 vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010) | RV6xx (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | GMA HD | RS780MC |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 1 August 2008 (18 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. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 12 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
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.
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 512 MB |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | 10 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 January 2010 | 1 August 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 55 nm |
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 18% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics and Radeon HD 3100. We've got no test results to judge.
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