ATI Radeon HD 4225 vs ATI HD 3100
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 | RV6xx (2007−2010) | RV6xx (2007−2010) |
| GPU code name | RS780MC | RS880M |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 August 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
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.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 40 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 380 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
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.
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | 10.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2008 | 1 May 2010 |
ATI HD 4225 has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3100 and Radeon HD 4225. We've got no test results to judge.
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