Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 vs GeForce Go 7950 GTX

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1175not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.05no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code nameG71Crestline
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 October 2006 (18 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 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 cores328
Core clock speed575 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed575 MHzno data
Number of transistors278 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt13.5 Watt
Texture fill rate13.80no 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
InterfaceMXM-IIIno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth44.8 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2006 9 May 2007
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 13 Watt

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 has an age advantage of 6 months, and 246.2% lower power consumption.

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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
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