PlayStation 4 GPU vs GeForce 3 Go

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameno dataLiverpool
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2002 (22 years ago)24 November 2013 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1152
Core clock speedno data800 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistors27 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data57.60
Floating-point processing powerno data1.843 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data72

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width32 / 64 / 128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data176.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDDR11.1*
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2002 24 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 75 Watt

GeForce 3 Go has 3650% lower power consumption.

PlayStation 4 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 3 Go and PlayStation 4 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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