Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs Radeon HD 7870

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	480	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.60	no data
Power efficiency	4.85	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Cedar Trail
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	5 March 2012 (14 years ago)	1 November 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1280	4
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	80.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.56 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	80	no data
L1 Cache	320 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	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	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	no data
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 March 2012	1 November 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm