GMA X4500M vs HD Graphics 505

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1115not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.18no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Generation 5.0 (2008)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1.5Eaglelake
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)1 October 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 cores14480
Core clock speed200 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate11.704.000
Floating-point processing power0.1872 TFLOPS0.064 TFLOPS
ROPs31
TMUs1810

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
WidthIGPIGP

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)10.0
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan1.3N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2016 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 13 Watt

HD Graphics 505 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.

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