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
| UL11L | US15L | US15W | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Speed | 100 | 200 | 200 MHz |
| Max RAM | 512 MB | 1024 MB | 1024 MB |
| max Displays | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| PCIe Slots | 1 | 2 | 2 |
GMA Series
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| Codename | GMA 500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | PowerVR SGX5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 4 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 130 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | OpenGL 2.0, PowerVR SGX Kern, Screen Tiling, Internal True Color Processing, Zero overhead AA, 32 Bit floating-point operations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.11.2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | download.intel.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Average benchmark valuesThe 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.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.E.A.R. | 16 | 2 | 1 | |||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
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