GeForce 310 OEM vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 4.5 (2008) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | Montevina | GT218 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (16 years ago) | 27 November 2009 (14 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 cores | 10 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 533 MHz | 589 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 31 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 4.712 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.04486 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 8 |
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 | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | no data | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 333 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 5.328 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no 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 Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2008 | 27 November 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
310 OEM has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD and GeForce 310 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD is a notebook card while GeForce 310 OEM 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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