GMA 3100 vs ATI Radeon X550

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1434not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 9 (2003−2006)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameRV370Bearlake
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 July 2005 (19 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 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.

Core clock speed400 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors107 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate1.6001.600
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-slotno data
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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed250 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.09.0c
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2005 9 May 2007
Chip lithography 110 nm 90 nm

GMA 3100 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 22.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X550 and GMA 3100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X550 is a desktop card while GMA 3100 is a notebook one.


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