GMA 500 vs ATI Radeon 7200
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1600 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 6 (2000−2007) | PowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | R100 | Poulsbo |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 April 2000 (25 years ago) | 2 March 2008 (17 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 | no data | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 166 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 1 | 0.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0128 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 1 |
| TMUs | 6 | 4 |
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 | AGP 4x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | DDR | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 166 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.312 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x VGA | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | ES 2.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 April 2000 | 2 March 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 130 nm |
GMA 500 has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 7200 and GMA 500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 7200 is a desktop graphics card while GMA 500 is a notebook one.
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