Matrox G450 x4 MMS vs HD Graphics 4000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1061	not rated
Place by popularity	42	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.82	no data
Architecture	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)	G400 (1999−2002)
GPU code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	Condor
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 January 2001 (23 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	128	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	125 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	10 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	no data
Texture fill rate	16.00	0.25
Floating-point processing power	0.256 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	2	2
TMUs	16	2

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	Ring Bus	PCI
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	IGP	1-slot

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	System Shared	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	32 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	332 MBps
Memory bandwidth	no data	2.656 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

Portable Device Dependent

2x DVI

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	6.0
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.0	None
OpenCL	1.2	None
Vulkan	+	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 May 2012	1 January 2001
Chip lithography	22 nm	180 nm

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