ATI Radeon HD 3100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3100 and NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements.

ATI Radeon HD 3100

NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3100

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3100	NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G mGPU Intel
Essentials
Architecture	RV6xx	Tesla
Code name	RS780MC	MCP79MX
Launch date	1 August 2008	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	40
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		12 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
API support
DirectX	10	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Shared memory	yes
Technologies
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16