Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 vs GeForce 8200M G
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1420 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | Gen. 3 (2005) |
| GPU code name | MCP77MV MCP79MVL | GMA 900 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 March 2005 (19 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 | 8 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 130 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.
| Shared memory | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 1 March 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 130 nm |
8200M G has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8200M G and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900. We've got no test results to judge.
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