ATI Radeon HD 3200

The AMD ATI Radeon (Mobility) HD 3200 is an onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip (on the RS780M chipset). It is based on the HD 2400 graphics core and features the UVD video engine to decode HD videos (Avivo HD).

Hybrid CrossfireX is a new feature of the chipset, that allowes to use the onboard HD 3200 graphics core in conjunction with a dedicated graphics card (of the Mobilty Radeon HD 3400 series) in Crossfire combination to increase the performance (similar to GeForceBoost / HybridSLI of Nvidia). Every frame is rendered by a different graphics core with this technique.

PowerXpress is used to save current if the HD 3200 is used with a dedicated graphics card of the HD 3000 series. The driver is able to dynamically switch between the onboard graphics (for low demanding tasks like office) and the dedicated graphics core for demanding tasks (e.g., games).

The UVD video engine is able to decode HD videos (MPEG-2, H.264, and VC-1) in all stages and allows the fluent playback of HD videos (e.g. Blu-ray) with a relative low CPU utilization (called Avivo HD). The HD 3200 was the first onboard graphics card that allows the fluent playback of Blu-ray videos. The UVD on the HD 3200 supports the decoding of one video stream only. A second stream (e.g. on Blue Rays with PIP feature) has to be done by the CPU.

The graphics core of the HD 3200 stems from the Mobility Radeon HD 2400 and is therefore DirectX 10 capable. Because of the missing graphics memory, the performance of the card is a bit lower than of the HD 2400. Theroretically, dedicated memory chips can be directly added to the chip, making it a dedicated graphics card. Because of pricing it is unclear if any manufacturer will add memory to the chip.

Still older games like Doom 3 or Quake 4 should be barly playable. Compared to older onboad graphic chips (e.g., GMA X3100), the HD 3200 is much faster. Even the Centrino 2 graphics core (GMA 4500M HD) is noticeable slower than the HD 3200.

Using Windows XP, the HD 3200 seems to have problems with current and older drivers, as there is no 2D accelleration. This leads to very slow interactions with windows and scrolling (especially with Firefox as reported in various discussion boards). More information on the topic can be found at Planet 3D Now (de) or the AMD forum.

Manufacturer	ATI
Radeon HD 3000 Series	Radeon HD 3200 40@500MHz Mobility Radeon HD 3400 0@MHz Radeon HD 3100 40@350MHz
Pipelines	40 - unified
Core Speed *	500 MHz
Shader Speed *	500 MHz
Memory Speed *
Memory Bus Width
Memory Type
Max. Amount of Memory	512 MB
Shared Memory	yes shared memory
DirectX	DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Transistors	181 Million
technology	55 nm
Features	Avivo HD, Hybrid Graphics Technology, PCI-E 2.0, Vari-Bright (adjust panel brightness automatically to save current), HDCP support, Display Cache (to save current when refreshing an idle screen)
Notebook Size	small and light
Date of Announcement	04.06.2008
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.amd.com/us-en/0,,3715_15337_1...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

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min: 3041 avg: 6838.3 (11%) max: 10182 Points

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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

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min: 1697 avg: 2610.7 (2%) max: 3739 Points

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

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min: 1475 avg: 2324.4 (7%) max: 3190 Points

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -94%

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -94%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 -89%

Chrome9 HC -88%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 -87%

Mirage 3+ 672MX -86%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M -58%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD -47%

Radeon HD 3200

Radeon HD 4225 2%

Radeon HD 6250 13%

GeForce G 102M 17%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 20%

Radeon HD 4270 26%

Radeon HD 4200 33%

Radeon HD 4250 35%

ION 2 46%

Radeon HD 6310 55%

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GeForce GTX 570 1288%

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3DMark 06

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min: 758 avg: 1236.9 (5%) max: 1700 Points

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PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768

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min: 807 avg: 1314.8 (6%) max: 1656 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU

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min: 3 avg: 3 (44%) max: 3 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games

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min: 3.3 avg: 3.3 (49%) max: 3.3 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit

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min: 1328 avg: 1660.3 (15%) max: 2313 Points

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3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024

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min: 65 avg: 81.5 (0%) max: 98 Points

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3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024

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min: 49 avg: 62 (0%) max: 75 Points

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Radeon HD 3200

GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost 55%

Radeon HD 4225 81%

Radeon HD 4250 177%

Radeon HD 4270 189%

Radeon HD 4200 190%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 219%

GeForce G 103M 353%

Radeon HD 6250 455%

Radeon HD 4350 739%

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GeForce GTX 590 50863%

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

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min: 3.1 avg: 3.3 (41%) max: 3.5 points

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

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min: 4.6 avg: 4.8 (60%) max: 4.9 points

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Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit

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min: 2.01 avg: 2 (3%) max: 2.01 Points

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Fifa 11 (2010)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
	SI-42	2048 MB	500 / MHz	9.10	3041
ThinkPad Edge 13 (NUE2UGE)	L625	4096 MB	500 / MHz	max. 512MB DDR2, 55nm Strukturbreite 8.663.2.0	5321
Eee PC 1201T	MV-40	2048 MB	500 / MHz	GDDR2 8.635.0.0	5328
Ferrari FO200	L310	4096 MB		ATI Catalyst 9.7	5611
Ferrari One 200-314G50n	L310@1.2	4096 MB	380 / 266MHz	Shared MemoryMB Treiberversion: 8.14	5710
Thinkpad X100e - 2876-27G	MV-40	2048 MB		atiumdag 8.14.10.0.700 / Win7	6014
Megabook PR211	QL-60	1024 MB	500 / MHz	shared Memory 8.49	6020
	QL-66		500 / MHz		6020
ProBook 4515s	RM-76	3072 MB	500 / 400MHz	256MB 8.15.10.0183	7326
Compaq 6735s NA853ES	RM-72	2048 MB	500 / MHz	shared 700 MB 6.14.10.6833	8222
	RM-70	2048 MB			8240
	ZM-80	4096 MB			9140
Compaq 6735b	ZM-82	2048 MB	500 / 400MHz	8.479.1.4000	9561
Amilo Pa 3515	ZM-84	4096 MB	500 / 400MHz	320 MB shared memory	10182

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ATI Radeon HD 3200

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