Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs GeForce 7100 GS

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code name	NV44 B2	Cedar Trail
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	8 August 2006 (17 years ago)	1 November 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$168	no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	no data	4
Core clock speed	350 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Number of transistors	75 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	32 nm
Texture fill rate	1.400	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 7100 GS and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory type	DDR2	no data
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	532 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	4.256 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

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	no data
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 August 2006	1 November 2011
Chip lithography	110 nm	32 nm

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