ATI HD 3100 vs AMD HD 8280

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1135not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code nameTemashRS780MC
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date23 May 2013 (10 years old)1 August 2008 (15 years old)
Current priceno data$65

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 cores12840
Core clock speed450 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.600no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8280 and Radeon HD 3100 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.

InterfaceIGPno data

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.

Memory typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory++

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)10
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 23 May 2013 1 August 2008
Maximum RAM amount System Shared 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

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