GMA X4500 vs GeForce GTX 650

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking659not rated
Place by popularity76not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.37no data
Power efficiency4.79no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 5.0 (2008)
GPU code nameGK107Eaglelake
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 September 2012 (12 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores38480
Core clock speed1058 MHz533 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)64 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate33.862.132
Floating-point processing power0.8125 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs324

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length147 mmno data
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128-bit GDDR5System Shared
Memory clock speed5.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.0
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.32.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 September 2012 1 June 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 64 Watt 13 Watt

GTX 650 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GMA X4500, on the other hand, has 392.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 650 and GMA X4500. We've got no test results to judge.


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