GeForce RTX 4090 vs GMA X4500M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 6 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 18.82 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.49 |
| Architecture | Generation 5.0 (2008) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | Eaglelake | AD102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (16 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 80 | 16384 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 76,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 450 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 1,290 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.064 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 176 |
| TMUs | 10 | 512 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 512 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 128 |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 304 mm |
| Width | no data | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1313 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 1.01 TB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2008 | 20 September 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 450 Watt |
GMA X4500M has 3361.5% lower power consumption.
RTX 4090, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GMA X4500M and GeForce RTX 4090. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GMA X4500M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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