GMA X3000 vs ATI Radeon 9600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1455not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.51no data
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameRV350Broadwater
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 October 2003 (21 year ago)1 June 2006 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed324 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors60 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate1.2964.000
ROPs41
TMUs48

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount64 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed189 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth6.048 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)9.0c
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2003 1 June 2006
Chip lithography 130 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 13 Watt

ATI 9600 has 8.3% lower power consumption.

GMA X3000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9600 and GMA X3000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9600 is a desktop card while GMA X3000 is a notebook one.


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