ATI Radeon 3000 IGP vs ATI X1600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1435not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.34no data
ArchitectureUltra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameRV516RS780
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2007 (17 years ago)2009 (15 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 coresno data40
Core clock speed635 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors105 million180 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)27 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.5401.400
ROPs44
TMUs44

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 1.0 x16
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MBpsSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoMotherboard Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.0
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm

ATI 3000 IGP has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1600 and Radeon 3000 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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