Radeon 3000 IGP vs HD 4850

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking777not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.17no data
ArchitectureTerascale 1 (2008−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameRV770RS780
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2008 (15 years ago)2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$138 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores80040
Core clock speed625 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors956 million180 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattno data
Texture fill rate25.001.400
Floating-point performance1,000.0 gflopsno data

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 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length246 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed993 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth63.55 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoMotherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.0
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm

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