Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | Cedar Trail | GMA 500 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) | 1 November 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 | 4 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 130 nm |
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.
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 10.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 1 November 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 130 nm |
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500. We've got no test results to judge.
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