Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD vs GeForce 8600 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1351not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.52no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Gen. 4.5 (2008)
GPU code nameG84Montevina
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (18 years ago)1 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores3210
Core clock speed540 MHz533 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Wattno data
Texture fill rate8.640no data
Floating-point processing power0.07616 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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 1.0 x16no data
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed700 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 1 October 2008
Chip lithography 80 nm 65 nm

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 23.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8600 GT and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8600 GT is a desktop graphics card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD is a notebook one.

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