ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT vs Intel GMA 3100

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT and Intel GMA 3100 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Intel GMA 3100

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 70% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
GPU 2: Intel GMA 3100

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT	Intel GMA 3100
PassMark - G3D Mark	192
PassMark - G2D Mark	329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1503
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1503

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT	Intel GMA 3100
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Generation 4.0
Code name	M76	Bearlake
Launch date	14 May 2007	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	921	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	163.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	120
Texture fill rate	5.44 GTexel / s
Transistor count	390 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		13 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0