GMA 3100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameM71Bearlake
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 March 2007 (17 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 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.

Core clock speed479 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors107 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate1.9161.600
ROPs44
TMUs44

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeDDR2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width32 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed378 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth3.024 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)9.0c
Shader Model3.03.0
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2007 9 May 2007
Chip lithography 80 nm 90 nm

ATI Mobility X2300 HD has a 12.5% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 3100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon X2300 HD and GMA 3100. We've got no test results to judge.


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