Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) | Gen. 4 (2007−2010) |
| GPU code name | Cedar Trail | Pineview |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (12 years ago) | 10 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
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 | 4 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 123 Million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 45 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 | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 10 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150. We've got no test results to judge.
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