Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 837 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.77 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | Bristol Ridge | Cedar Trail |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 November 2011 (13 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 cores | 384 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3100 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12-45 Watt | 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | 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 bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2016 | 1 November 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
R5 (Bristol Ridge) has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600. We've got no test results to judge.
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