GMA 3600 vs GeForce FX 5100
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1491 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | NV34 A1 | Cedarview |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 March 2003 (21 year 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 cores | no data | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 13 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.8 | 1.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0256 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 1 |
| TMUs | 4 | 4 |
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).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCI |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | DDR | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 2.656 GB/s | no 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 Connectors | 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0a | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | ES 2.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 March 2003 | 1 October 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 65 nm |
GMA 3600 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5100 and GMA 3600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce FX 5100 is a desktop card while GMA 3600 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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