Radeon X300 SE vs HD Graphics 3000

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1147not rated
Place by popularity89not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeRV370
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)1 September 2004 (19 years ago)
Current price$476 $88

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12no data
Core clock speed350 MHz325 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHzno data
Number of transistors995 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown30 Watt
Texture fill rate13.801.300
Floating-point performance20.4 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 3000 and Radeon X300 SE compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared64 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data3.2 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.12.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2011 1 September 2004
Chip lithography 32 nm 110 nm

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 3000 and Radeon X300 SE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 3000 is a notebook card while Radeon X300 SE is a desktop one.


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