ATI Mobility FireGL V3100 vs ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility FireGL V3100 and ATI Mobility FireGL V3200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Mobility FireGL V3100

ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V3100

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Boost clock speed	400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility FireGL V3100
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V3200

Name	ATI Mobility FireGL V3100	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200
PassMark - G3D Mark		62
PassMark - G2D Mark		238

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility FireGL V3100	ATI Mobility FireGL V3200
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rage 9
Code name	M22	M24
Launch date	1 June 2004	1 June 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	727
Type	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	4	4
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	107 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCIe