ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4850 and ATI Radeon 3100 IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 4850

ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 82% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 344 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
12.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 941 vs 74
9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 370
9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 370

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 June 2008 vs 4 March 2008
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 344 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	941 vs 74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344 vs 370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344 vs 370

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 75

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	228 vs 75

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 3100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

941

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

370

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

370

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4850	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	941	74
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344	370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344	370

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4850	ATI Radeon 3100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV770	RS780
Launch date	25 June 2008	4 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1288	1290
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	344 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	800
Texture fill rate	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	956 million	180 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	246 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3