Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 vs GeForce GT 555M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking933not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.39no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code nameGF106Cedar Trail
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 October 2011 (13 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 coresUp to 1444
Core clock speedUp to 753 MHzno data
Boost clock speed753 MHz640 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate12.60no data
Floating-point processing power0.3024 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
SLI options+-

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 typeDDR3\DDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Memory bus widthUp to 192 bit/128 Bitno data
Memory clock speedUp to 1569 MHzno data
Memory bandwidthUp to 50.2 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 APIno data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 32 nm

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
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