Iris Xe Graphics MAX vs GMA X4500

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated623
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data14.01
ArchitectureGeneration 5.0 (2008)Generation 12.1 (2020−2021)
GPU code nameEaglelakeDG1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (16 years ago)31 October 2020 (4 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 cores80768
Core clock speed533 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology65 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate2.13279.20
Floating-point processing powerno data2.534 TFLOPS
ROPs424
TMUs448

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4
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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR4X
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared4.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data68.26 GB/s

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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.012 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2008 31 October 2020
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 25 Watt

GMA X4500 has 92.3% lower power consumption.

Iris Xe Graphics MAX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GMA X4500 and Iris Xe Graphics MAX. We've got no test results to judge.


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