ATI Radeon HD 3100 vs Quadro NVS 210S

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1518not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.35no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)RV6xx (2008−2010)
GPU code nameC51RS780MC
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 December 2003 (21 years ago)1 August 2008 (16 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 coresno data40
Core clock speed425 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors75 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)11 Wattno data
Texture fill rate0.85no data
ROPs1no data
TMUs2no data

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).

InterfacePCIno data
WidthIGPno 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.

Memory typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory++

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 data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 December 2003 1 August 2008
Chip lithography 90 nm 55 nm

ATI HD 3100 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 63.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 210S and Radeon HD 3100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 210S is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 3100 is a notebook one.

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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S
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