Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD vs HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 8 (2015−2016) | Gen. 4.5 (2008) |
| GPU code name | Braswell | Montevina |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 April 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 October 2008 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 12 | 10 |
| Core clock speed | 320 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 640 MHz | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 65 nm |
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 bus width | 64/128 Bit | no data |
| Shared memory | + | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 | 10 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) outperforms Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD by 1170% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 April 2016 | 1 October 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 65 nm |
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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