GMA 3600 vs Radeon R9 M360

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking642not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)PowerVR SGX545 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameTropoCedarview
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 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 cores51232
Compute units8no data
Core clock speed900 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate29.601.600
Floating-point processing power0.9472 TFLOPS0.0256 TFLOPS
ROPs161
TMUs324

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCI
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1125 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth72 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
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Supported technologies

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

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HD3D+-
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DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1210.1
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.4ES 2.0
OpenCLNot ListedN/A
Vulkan-N/A
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

R9 M360 has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M360 and GMA 3600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M360 is a notebook card while GMA 3600 is a desktop one.


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