Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 vs GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking207not rated
Place by popularity9not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.19no data
Power efficiency15.22no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code nameGP106Crestline
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date19 July 2016 (8 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12808
Core clock speed1506 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1709 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt13.5 Watt
Texture fill rate136.7no data
Floating-point processing power4.375 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs80no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2002 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)10
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 July 2016 9 May 2007
Chip lithography 16 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 13 Watt

GTX 1060 6 GB has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100, on the other hand, has 823.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100

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