Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 vs HD Graphics 2000

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	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	Gen. 4 (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	Pineview
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current price	$318	no data

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	6	2
Core clock speed	850/1100 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	123 Million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	8.100	no data
Floating-point performance	10.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 2000 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 1.0 x16

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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	System Shared	no data
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	no data
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	System Shared	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

No outputs

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	no data
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.1	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 February 2011	10 January 2010
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

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