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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

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The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 600 (also called GMA 600) is a graphics cards for embedded products (e.g. MIDs), netbooks and other small mobile devices. It is integrated in the Atom Z600 series CPUs and compared to the GMA 500 it features a twice as high clock speed of max. 400 MHz. 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 and is clocked with max 400 MHz. The GMA 600 should be theoretically compatible with DirectX 10.1 and features 4 unified shaders. Because of the missing Windows BIOS support, the Lincroft SOC is currently not able to run Windows (only CE) and therefore supports OpenGL ES 2.0, Open VG 1.0, DirectX 9.L. Another restriction is the max. resolution support of 1366x768 with LVDS and 1024x600 with MIPI.

The performance wont be sufficient for playing demanding 3D games.

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

GMA 500 chipset comparison
UL11LUS15LUS15W
Core Speed100200200 MHz
Max RAM512 MB1024 MB1024 MB
max Displays122
PCIe Slots122

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) 600Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
GMA Series
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD 10 @ 0.64 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 10 @ 0.53 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 10 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 8 @ 0.5 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 4/0 cores @ 0.25 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 4/0 cores @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 4 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 4 @ 0.2 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD 10 @ 0.64 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 10 @ 0.53 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 10 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 8 @ 0.5 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 4/0 cores @ 0.25 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 4/0 cores @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 4 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 4 @ 0.2 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD 10 @ 0.64 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 10 @ 0.53 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 10 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 8 @ 0.5 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 4/0 cores @ 0.25 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 4/0 cores @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 4 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 4 @ 0.2 GHz
CodenameGMA 600GMA 500GL40
ArchitecturePowerVR SGX5PowerVR SGX5Gen. 4.5
Pipelines4 - unified4 - unified10 - unified
Core Speed400 MHz200 MHz400 MHz
Shared Memoryyesyesyes
APIDirectX 9.0c, Shader 3.0DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
technology45 nm130 nm65 nm
FeaturesOpenGL, PowerVR SGX Kern, Screen Tiling, Internal True Color Processing, Zero overhead AA, 32 Bit floating-point operations.
OpenGL 2.0, PowerVR SGX Kern, Screen Tiling, Internal True Color Processing, Zero overhead AA, 32 Bit floating-point operations.
Enhanced Intel Clear Video Technology, HD Video Decoder (VC/VC2/MPEG2), HDMI mit HDCP Support, Display Refresh Rate Switching Technology, Render Standby
Date of Announcement01.05.2010 01.11.2008 01.10.2008
Link to Manufacturer Pagedownload.intel.comwww.intel.com

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 1549     avg: 1562     median: 1562 (2%)     max: 1575 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 249     avg: 564     median: 697 (0%)     max: 747 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 253     avg: 259.3     median: 260 (0%)     max: 265 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
3DMark 06
119 Points (0%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
68 Points (0%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
min: 515     avg: 594     median: 612.5 (1%)     max: 636 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
3DMark 06
min: 72     avg: 75.5     median: 75.5 (0%)     max: 79 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
min: 645     avg: 696     median: 687.5 (1%)     max: 765 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1024x768 + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
3DMark 06
88 Points (0%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
3DMark 06
min: 533     avg: 700     median: 698.5 (1%)     max: 871 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 3     avg: 3.4     median: 3.6 (46%)     max: 3.6 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 2.9     avg: 3.5     median: 2.9 (37%)     max: 4.8 Points
min: 3.2     avg: 3.4     median: 3.4 (43%)     max: 3.6 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)
min: 2.4     avg: 2.7     median: 2.7 (40%)     max: 3 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik
min: 4.5     avg: 5.2     median: 5.2 (76%)     max: 5.9 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 100     avg: 105     median: 107 (0%)     max: 108 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
1.1 fps (0%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 → 68% n=7

Average Benchmarks Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M → 321% n=7

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* 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.

Fifa 12

Fifa 12

2011
low 800x600
100%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600:
-1 (!)  fps
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
low 800x600
100%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600:
-1 (!)  fps
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
34  fps
med. 1024x768
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
11.4  fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
low 640x480
100%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600:
-1 (!)  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
high 1024x768
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
3.5  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500:
16  fps
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
28 40 ~ 34 fps
med. 800x600
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500:
2  fps
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
12 15 ~ 14 fps
high 1024x768
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500:
1  fps
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
5 5 ~ 5 fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
100%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600:
2 (!)  fps
1250%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
15 29.4 30 ~ 25 fps
med. 1024x768
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
6 9.9 21 ~ 12 fps
high 1280x1024
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
1 4 ~ 3 fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
low 640x480
100%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600:
-1 (!)  fps
high 1024x768
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
23.6  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600:
24  fps
300%
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
59.9 84.5 ~ 72 fps

Average Gaming Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 → 100%

Average Gaming Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M → 775%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 12-1
Resident Evil 5-1
Trackmania Nations Forever-1
World of Warcraft2
Counter-Strike Source-1
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo24
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Sims 333.9811.39
Crysis - GPU Benchmark3.49
F.E.A.R.34145
World of Warcraft25123
Counter-Strike Source23.6
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo72
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