Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 3000

ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 260 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.56 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 16 April 2002
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 260 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.56 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition

Name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	261
PassMark - G2D Mark	35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	101

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 3000	ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Rage 7
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT2	RV200
Launch date	1 February 2011	16 April 2002
Place in performance rating	1604	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	260 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	1.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count	995 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	8.1
OpenGL	3.1	1.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.76 GB / s
Memory clock speed		360 MHz
Memory type		DDR