GMA 3600 vs HD Graphics 4600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking917not rated
Place by popularity64not in top-100
Power efficiency6.31no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameHaswell GT2Cedarview
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 October 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 cores16032
Core clock speed400 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate22.001.600
Floating-point processing power0.352 TFLOPS0.0256 TFLOPS
ROPs21
TMUs204

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCI

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)10.1
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.3ES 2.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 13 Watt

HD Graphics 4600 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 3600, on the other hand, has 246.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4600 and GMA 3600. We've got no test results to judge.


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