RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 Mobile IGP
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R400 (2004−2008) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | RS690 | GA104 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 28 February 2007 (18 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 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 cores | no data | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 495 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1170 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 120 million | 17,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.600 | 149.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 9.585 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| TMUs | 4 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
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 type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 336.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0b (9_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 February 2007 | 12 April 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Xpress 1270 Mobile IGP and RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Xpress 1270 Mobile IGP is a notebook graphics card while RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation one.
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