Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	Gen. 4.5 (2008)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	GL40
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 May 2011 (13 years ago)	1 October 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$760	$77

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	6	10
Core clock speed	350 MHz	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	32 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

10.1

10

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	1 May 2011	1 October 2008
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm

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