Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs GeForce 7100 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1429not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameNV44 B2GMA HD
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 August 2006 (18 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 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 data12
Core clock speed350 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors75 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rate1.400no data
ROPs2no data
TMUs4no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed266 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth4.256 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2006 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 110 nm 45 nm

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 144.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7100 GS and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 7100 GS is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a notebook one.


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