GMA 3000 vs GeForce GTX 1070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking145not rated
Place by popularity25not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.37no data
Power efficiency16.26no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameGP104Broadwater
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 June 2016 (8 years ago)1 June 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1920no data
Core clock speed1506 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt13 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate202.01.600
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1204

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed8 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth256 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.52.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 June 2016 1 June 2006
Chip lithography 16 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 13 Watt

GTX 1070 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 462.5% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 3000, on the other hand, has 1053.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 and GMA 3000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 is a desktop card while GMA 3000 is a notebook one.


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