Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs Radeon R7 M260

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1071not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code nameTopazCedar Trail
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 June 2014 (11 years ago)1 November 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3844
Compute units6no data
Core clock speed940 MHzno data
Boost clock speed980 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Texture fill rate23.52no data
Floating-point processing power0.7526 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data
L1 Cache96 KBno data
L2 Cache128 KBno 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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0 x8no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Mantle+-

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.

R7 M260 5425
+542350%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 June 2014 1 November 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

R7 M260 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600. We've got no test results to judge.

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