Radeon R9 280X2 vs GMA 3100

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 4.0 (2006−2007)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameBearlakeTahiti
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 May 2007 (17 years ago)no data

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 coresno data2048
Core clock speed400 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistorsno data4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate1.600128.0
Floating-point processing powerno data4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs4128

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data315 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data3x 8-pin

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 SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared3 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared384 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c12 (11_1)
Shader Model3.06.5 (5.1)
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A2.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 375 Watt

GMA 3100 has 2784.6% lower power consumption.

R9 280X2, on the other hand, has a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GMA 3100 and Radeon R9 280X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GMA 3100 is a notebook card while Radeon R9 280X2 is a desktop one.


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Intel GMA 3100
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