Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs HD Graphics (Haswell)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1103 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Architecture | Gen. 7.5 Haswell (2012−2013) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | Haswell GT1 | Cedar Trail |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (11 years ago) | 1 November 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Current price | $273 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 10 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 22 nm | 32 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.
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance 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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
HD Graphics (Haswell) outperforms Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 by 216200% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2012 | 1 November 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 32 nm |
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics (Haswell) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
Comparisons with similar GPUs
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
