Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs GeForce GTX 680M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	499	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.51	no data
Power efficiency	5.81	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code name	GK104	Cedar Trail
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2012 (12 years ago)	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$310.50	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1344	4
Core clock speed	719 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	758 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	84.90	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.038 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	112	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	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

+

-

API compatibility

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	1.1.126	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 June 2012	1 November 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm

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