Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 vs Iris Graphics 6100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking845not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.16no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT3Crestline
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 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 cores3848
Core clock speed300 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt13.5 Watt
Texture fill rate48.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPSno data
ROPs6no data
TMUs48no data

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 Busno data
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 data

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
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2015 9 May 2007
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 13 Watt

Iris Graphics 6100 has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100, on the other hand, has 15.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Graphics 6100 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Graphics 6100 is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is a notebook one.


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Intel Iris Graphics 6100
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