Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 vs ATI Rage 128 PRO

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 and ATI Rage 128 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

ATI Rage 128 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 250 nm

Launch date	1 November 2011 vs 1 August 1999
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 250 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600	ATI Rage 128 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX5	Rage 4
Code name	Cedar Trail	Rage 4
Launch date	1 November 2011	1 August 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	250 nm
Pipelines	4
Core clock speed		118 MHz
Texture fill rate		236.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count		8 million
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		143 MHz
Memory type		SDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		6.0
OpenGL		1.2