GMA X4500 vs Matrox Parhelia 128 MB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureParhelia (2002−2006)Generation 5.0 (2008)
GPU code nameParhelia-512Eaglelake
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2002 (22 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 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 coresno data80
Core clock speed200 MHz533 MHz
Number of transistors80 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data13 Watt
Texture fill rate0.82.132
ROPs44
TMUs44

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 1.0 x16
Length175 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount128 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed250 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth16 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 Connectors2x DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.110.0
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGL1.52.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 June 2002 1 June 2008
Chip lithography 150 nm 65 nm

GMA X4500 has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

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