XGI Volari V3 vs ATI Radeon HD 4225

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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
ArchitectureRV6xx (2008−2010)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameRS880MXG42
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2010 (14 years ago)15 September 2003 (21 year 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 cores40no data
Core clock speed380 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data25 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm130 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.8
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data4

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 8x
Widthno data1-slot

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 dataDDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB128 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data200 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.18.1
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2010 15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 130 nm

ATI HD 4225 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4225 and XGI Volari V3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4225 is a notebook card while XGI Volari V3 is a desktop one.


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