GMA 3600 vs GeForce 845M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking692not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.29no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameGM108Cedarview
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 August 2015 (9 years ago)1 October 2008 (16 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 cores38432
Core clock speed1071 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate37.631.600
Floating-point processing power0.9032 TFLOPS0.0256 TFLOPS
ROPs161
TMUs324

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
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCI
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1253 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.6ES 2.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 August 2015 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 13 Watt

GeForce 845M has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 3600, on the other hand, has 246.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 845M and GMA 3600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 845M is a notebook card while GMA 3600 is a desktop one.


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