ATI 3D Rage II vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD

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)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameMontevinaMach64 GT-B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)5 September 1996 (28 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$269

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 speed640 MHz60 MHz
Number of transistorsno data5 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm500 nm
Texture fill rateno data0.06
ROPsno data1
TMUsno data1

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).

Interfaceno dataPCI
Widthno data1-slot

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 dataSDR
Maximum RAM amountno data4 MB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data83 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data664.0 MB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 Connectorsno data1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX105.0
OpenGLno dataN/A
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 5 September 1996
Chip lithography 65 nm 500 nm

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 669.2% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD and 3D Rage II. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD is a notebook card while 3D Rage II is a desktop one.


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