Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 vs Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1015 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 (2014) | PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011) |
| GPU code name | Kaveri | GMA 500 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 June 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 November 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 | 256 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 514 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 626 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 2410 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon R5 (Kaveri) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | medium sized | 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 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 | 12 (FL 12_0) | 10.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 June 2014 | 1 November 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 (Kaveri) and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500. We've got no test results to judge.
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