Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 vs Radeon R5 M330

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking974not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code nameExo Pro DDR3GMA 500
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 May 2015 (9 years ago)1 November 2008 (15 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 cores3204
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed1030 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed1030 MHzno data
Number of transistors690 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Wattno data
Texture fill rate20.60no data
Floating-point performance0.6592 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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 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

Supported technologies

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

HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1210.1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCLNot Listedno data
Vulkan+-
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 May 2015 1 November 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

R5 M330 has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M330 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500. We've got no test results to judge.


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