GeForce 3 Go vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 4.5 (2008)no data
GPU code nameMontevinano data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)1 February 2002 (22 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 cores10no data
Core clock speed533 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data250 MHz
Number of transistorsno data27 Million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data2 Watt

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 sizeno datamedium sized

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 typeno dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data64 MB
Memory bus widthno data32 / 64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX10DDR

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 1 February 2002
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
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