Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs GeForce GT 420M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1163 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.13 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | GF108 | Cedar Trail |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 September 2010 (15 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 | 96 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.192 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | no data |
| TMUs | 16 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 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 | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 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 | No outputs | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | no data |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2010 | 1 November 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 420M and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600. We've got no test results to judge.
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