Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs Quadro FX 3000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)	Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code name	NV35	GMA HD
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	22 July 2003 (21 year ago)	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$203	no data

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 cores	no data	12
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	135 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.200	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	8	no 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).

Interface	AGP 8x	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	no 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 type	DDR	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	425 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0a	10
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 July 2003	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	130 nm	45 nm

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