GMA 500 vs HD Graphics 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1066not rated
Place by popularity50not in top-100
Power efficiency1.80no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)PowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT2Poulsbo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 May 2012 (12 years ago)2 March 2008 (16 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 cores12832
Core clock speed650 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate16.000.8
Floating-point processing power0.256 TFLOPS0.0128 TFLOPS
ROPs21
TMUs164

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)10.1
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.0ES 2.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2012 2 March 2008
Chip lithography 22 nm 130 nm

HD Graphics 4000 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 490.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 4000 and GMA 500. We've got no test results to judge.


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