GMA X4500 vs Radeon RX 470

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking243not rated
Place by popularity53not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.32no data
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)Generation 5.0 (2008)
GPU code namePolaris 10 ProEaglelake
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (7 years ago)1 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data
Current price$14.08 (0.1x MSRP)$114

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores204880
Core clock speed926 MHz533 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate154.42.132
Floating-point performance4,940 gflopsno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed6600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)10.0
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 1 June 2008
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 13 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 and GMA X4500. We've got no test results to judge.


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