Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 vs ATI FireGL V3400
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | RV530 | GMA 500 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2005 (20 years ago) | 1 November 2008 (17 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 | no data | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 157 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 130 nm |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | no data |
| TMUs | 4 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | no data |
| OpenCL | N/A | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2005 | 1 November 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 130 nm |
ATI FireGL V3400 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.
We couldn't decide between FireGL V3400 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FireGL V3400 is a workstation graphics card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 is a notebook one.
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