Topaz vs Radeon HD 3100
General info
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) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2017) |
GPU code name | RS780MC | Topaz |
Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
Release date | 1 August 2008 (15 years ago) | no data |
Current price | $65 | $91 |
Technical specs
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 | 384 |
Core clock speed | 350 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 1,550 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
Memory
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 | no data |
Shared memory | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 10 | 12 (12_0) |
Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
OpenCL | no data | 2.1 |
Vulkan | no data | 1.2.170 |
Advantages and disadvantages
Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3100 and Topaz. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 3100 is a notebook card while Topaz is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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