ATI Rage 128 PRO vs HD Graphics 3000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1180	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Generation 6.0 (2011)	Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge GT2+	Rage 4 PRO
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	1 August 1999 (25 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	118 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,160 million	8 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	0.24
Floating-point processing power	0.2496 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	2	2
TMUs	12	2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	Ring Bus	AGP 4x
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	System Shared	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	143 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1.144 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	6.0
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.1	1.2
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency	1 February 2011	1 August 1999
Chip lithography	32 nm	250 nm

---

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

---