ATI Rage 128 VR vs HD Graphics (Haswell)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1130not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012)no data
GPU code nameHaswell GT1Rage 128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 August 1998 (26 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 cores10no data
Core clock speed200 MHz80 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data8 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm250 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.16
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data2

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 2x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataSDR
Maximum RAM amountno data32 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1 GB/s
Shared memory+no 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 Connectorsno data1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.16.0
OpenGLno data1.2
OpenCLno dataNone

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2012 1 August 1998
Chip lithography 22 nm 250 nm

HD Graphics (Haswell) has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1036.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Haswell) and Rage 128 VR. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Haswell) is a notebook card while Rage 128 VR is a desktop one.


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