Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
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The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M (GMA 4500M) (sometimes also called GMA X4500 M) is a DirectX 10 capable integrated shared memory graphic card for laptops. The mGPU is integrated in the Intel GM40 and GL40 chipsets and designed for cheap laptops. The graphics card is also called Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family in the Intel drivers.
Compared to the GMA 4500M HD, the 4500M features a slower core clock (400 MHz versus 533MHz) and is thus a bit slower in games.
The chip itself is capable of supporting the CPU to decode HD videos, but because of the slower clock rate, the 4500M has troubles decoding 1080p videos fluently and therefore has no full Blu-Ray logo support.
The gaming performance of the 4500M is not really good. Only less demanding 3D games and very old games may run fluently in low detail settings. Sims 3 and F.E.A.R. for example achieved 30 fps (with stutters) in low deatails and low resolustions (combined with a fast CPU). 2D applications, games and Windows Vista / Windows 7 Aero are supported without any performance problems.
Compared to other modern integrated chipsets like the GeForce 9400M or the Radeon HD 3200, the 4500M is clearly the slowest especially for 3D games. Still the power consumption of the chip is quite competitive, so it may be the right choice for office tasks.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
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The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500 (also called GMA 500) is a graphics card for embedded products (e.g. MIDs), netbooks and other small mobile devices. It is usually paired with an Intel Atom CPU and designed for video playback tasks (even HD content). The integrated video decoder is able to accelerate MPEG-2, VC-1, and AVC HD videos.
The graphics core is based on a licensed PowerVR SGX core (Power VR SGX535 as in the Apple A4) and is clocked with 100 (UL11L) or 200 MHz (US15L, US15W chipset). The GMA 500 is compatible with DirectX 10.1 and features 4 unified shaders. Still the performance wont be sufficient for playing 3D games.
The chipsets that integrate the GMA 500 (UL11L, US15L, and US15W) support
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Core Speed | 100 | 200 | 200 MHz |
Max RAM | 512 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
max Displays | 1 | 2 | 2 |
PCIe Slots | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Codename | GL40 | GMA 500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Gen. 4.5 | PowerVR SGX5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 10 - unified | 4 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 400 MHz | 200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 10, Shader 4.0 | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 65 nm | 130 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Enhanced Intel Clear Video Technology, HD Video Decoder (VC/VC2/MPEG2), HDMI mit HDCP Support, Display Refresh Rate Switching Technology, Render Standby | OpenGL 2.0, PowerVR SGX Kern, Screen Tiling, Internal True Color Processing, Zero overhead AA, 32 Bit floating-point operations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 01.10.2008 | 01.11.2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.intel.com | download.intel.com |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M → 100% n=10
Average Benchmarks Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 → 49% n=10

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Average Gaming Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 → 27%
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K |
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Sims 3 | 33.98 | 11.39 | ||||
Crysis - GPU Benchmark | 3.49 | |||||
F.E.A.R. | 34 | 14 | 5 | |||
World of Warcraft | 25 | 12 | 3 | |||
Counter-Strike Source | 23.6 | |||||
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo | 72 | |||||
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 | 3 | 4 1 | | | |
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K |
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F.E.A.R. | 16 | 2 | 1 | |||
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List