Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 349 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.55 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN (2012−2015) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | Neptune CF | Cedar Trail |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 May 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 November 2011 (14 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 | 2560 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 2x 256 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 4800 MHz | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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 May 2012 | 1 November 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
HD 8970M Crossfire has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600. We've got no test results to judge.
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