Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 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 600 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) | 1 May 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 cores | 4 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 45 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 | 9.0c |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 1 May 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600. We've got no test results to judge.
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