GMA X3100 vs Radeon 9700

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 8 (2002−2006)	Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code name	R300	Broadwater
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2002 (21 year ago)	9 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Current price	$7.52	$132

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.

Core clock speed	275 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	110 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	13 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.200	4.000

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	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy	no 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 type	DDR	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	17.28 GB/s	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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0 (9_0)	9.0c
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2002	9 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	System Shared
Chip lithography	150 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	13 Watt

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