Playstation 3 GPU 40nm: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Playstation 3 GPU 40nm sales 4 October 2012. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Curie architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 22.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated graphics card. Power consumption is at 35 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Playstation 3 GPU 40nm: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | |
| GPU code name | RSX-40nm | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 4 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Playstation 3 GPU 40nm's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Playstation 3 GPU 40nm's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 302 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 8 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 24 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Playstation 3 GPU 40nm and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | IGP |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Playstation 3 GPU 40nm: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Playstation 3 GPU 40nm. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Playstation 3 GPU 40nm, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| OpenGL | ES 1.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
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Recommended processors
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