NVIDIA Tegra 3 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Tegra 3 and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Tegra 3

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tegra 3

Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz

Boost clock speed	520 MHz vs 400 MHz

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

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm

Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Tegra 3	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
Essentials
Architecture	GeForce ULP	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	Tegra 3	Cedar Trail
Launch date	9 November 2011	1 November 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	520 MHz	400 MHz
Core clock speed	416 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	10 million
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP
API support
DirectX	N / A
OpenGL	ES 2.0
Memory
Shared memory		1