Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 vs Radeon HD 6250

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	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Zacate	Crestline
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 November 2010 (13 years ago)	9 May 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$225	$77

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	80	8
Core clock speed	280 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	13.5 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.200	no data
Floating-point performance	104 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6250 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	+	-

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 HDMI	no data
HDMI	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	16 November 2010	9 May 2007
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	13 Watt

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