Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs Quadro NVS 135M

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataGen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameG86MGMA HD
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date9 May 2007 (17 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1612
Core clock speed400 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors210 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200no data
Floating-point performance0.0256 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR3, GDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed600 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth9.504 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 May 2007 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 80 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt

NVS 135M has 250% lower power consumption.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 77.8% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 135M and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 135M is a mobile workstation card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
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