GMA 500 vs GeForce FX 5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1540not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCelsius (1999−2005)PowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameNV18 C1Poulsbo
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 March 2003 (22 years ago)2 March 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69.99 no data

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 coresno data32
Core clock speed250 MHz200 MHz
Number of transistors29 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm130 nm
Texture fill rate1.0000.8
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0128 TFLOPS
ROPs21
TMUs44

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotno 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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed200 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX8.010.1
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL1.3ES 2.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2003 2 March 2008
Chip lithography 150 nm 130 nm

GMA 500 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce FX 5200 and GMA 500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce FX 5200 is a desktop graphics card while GMA 500 is a notebook one.

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