Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 434 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) | Xe LPG (2023) |
| GPU code name | Cedar Trail | Meteor Lake iGPU |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (less than a year 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 cores | 4 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | 1950 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 5 nm |
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.
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12_2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 14 December 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 5 nm |
Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc). We've got no test results to judge.
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