Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	647	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.80	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Gen. 4.5 (2008)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Montevina
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 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 cores	1600	10
Core clock speed	700 MHz	533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no 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).

Laptop size

large

no data

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 type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX

11

10

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 January 2010	1 October 2008
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm

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