Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD vs GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.70no data
Power efficiency2.42no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Gen. 4.5 (2008)
GPU code nameGF116Montevina
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19210
Core clock speed900 MHz640 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)116 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate28.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.6912 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs32no 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed4.1 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth98.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.2no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 March 2011 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm

GTX 550 Ti has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 550 Ti and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 550 Ti is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD is a notebook one.


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