Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureGen. 5 Arrandale (2010)Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code nameGMA HDCrestline
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 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 cores128
Core clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology45 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt13.5 Watt

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.

DirectX1010

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 9 May 2007
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 13 Watt

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100, on the other hand, has 169.2% lower power consumption.

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