GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a vs ATI Radeon HD 3200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1432not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRS780C78
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 March 2008 (17 years ago)6 May 2008 (17 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 cores4016
Core clock speed494 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors180 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data40 Watt
Texture fill rate1.9764.000
Floating-point processing power0.03952 TFLOPS0.0384 TFLOPS
ROPs44
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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
WidthIGPIGP
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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.0N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 March 2008 6 May 2008
Chip lithography 65 nm 80 nm

ATI HD 3200 has a 23.1% more advanced lithography process.

8100 + nForce 720a, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3200 and GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a. We've got no test results to judge.

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