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 performance 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 (12 years ago)	1 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. 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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX

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9.0c

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 November 2011	1 May 2010
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

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