Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 vs GeForce 945A

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	605	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code name	GM108	Crestline
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	9 May 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	no data	$77

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	384	8
Core clock speed	1072 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1189 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	13.5 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.54	no data
Floating-point performance	903.2 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 945A and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 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 3.0 x8	no data
Width	MXM Module	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	40.1 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

No outputs

no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
CUDA	5.0	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	13 March 2015	9 May 2007
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	13 Watt

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