UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) 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 | 544 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) | Gen. 12 (2021−2023) |
| GPU code name | Cedar Trail | Alder Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 November 2011 (13 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 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 cores | 4 | 64 |
| Boost clock speed | 400 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 10 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 | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12_1 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 November 2011 | 4 January 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 10 nm |
UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 and UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen). We've got no test results to judge.
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