Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 vs GeForce GTX 960

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	322	not rated
Place by popularity	50	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.25	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code name	GM206	Cedar Trail
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	22 January 2015 (9 years ago)	1 November 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1024	4
Core clock speed	1127 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz	640 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	75.39	no data
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 960 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 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 x16	no data
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	3500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	112.2 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	+	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	22 January 2015	1 November 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm

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