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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

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

ManufacturerIntel
GMA Series
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD compare 10 @ 0.64 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD compare 10 @ 0.53 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M compare 10 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 compare 8 @ 0.5 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 compare 4/0 cores @ 0.25 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 compare 4/0 cores @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 compare 4 @ 0.4 GHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 4 @ 0.2 GHz
CodenameGMA 500
ArchitecturePowerVR SGX5
Pipelines4 - unified
Core Speed200 MHz
Shared Memoryyes
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
technology130 nm
Features
OpenGL 2.0, PowerVR SGX Kern, Screen Tiling, Internal True Color Processing, Zero overhead AA, 32 Bit floating-point operations.
Date of Announcement01.11.2008
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://download.intel.com/design/chipset...

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 679     avg: 997     median: 1016 (1%)     max: 1335 Points
+ 11 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 142     avg: 665     median: 395 (0%)     max: 4113 Points
+ 13 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 120     avg: 133     median: 129 (0%)     max: 150 Points
+ 9 benchmarks and specifications   - Hide comparison chart
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06 - Standard 1024x768 +
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 2.3     avg: 2.4     median: 2.4 (30%)     max: 2.4 Points
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 2.9     avg: 4.2     median: 4.5 (57%)     max: 4.5 Points
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)
min: 2.4     avg: 2.7     median: 2.7 (40%)     max: 3 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik
min: 4.5     avg: 5.2     median: 5.2 (76%)     max: 5.9 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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.

F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
16  fps    + Compare
med. 800x600
2  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

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Notebook reviews with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 graphics card

Acer Aspire One 751: Intel Atom Z520, 11.60", 1.4 kg
  Review » Review Acer Aspire One 751 Mini-Notebook

Asus Eee PC 1101HA: Intel Atom Z520, 11.60", 1.4 kg
  Review » Review Asus Eee PC 1101HA Netbook

Asus Eee PC T91 MT: Intel Atom Z520, 8.90", 1 kg
  Review » Review Asus Eee PC T91 MT Tablet

Asus R50A: Intel Atom Z520, 5.60", 0.5 kg
  Review » Review of Asus R50A UMPC

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 PP19S: Intel Atom Z530, 10.10", 1.3 kg
  Review » Review Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook

Dell Inspiron Mini 12: Intel Atom Z530, 12.10", 1.3 kg
  Review » Review Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Notebook

MSI Wind U115: Intel Atom Z530, 10.20", 1.3 kg
  Review » Review MSI Wind U115 Hybrid Luxury Netbook

Nokia Booklet 3G: Intel Atom Z530, 10.10", 1.2 kg
  Review » Review Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook

Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/R: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  Review » Review Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/R Mini-Notebook

Sony Vaio VGN-P21Z: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  Review » Review Sony Vaio VGN-P21Z Mini-Notebook

Sony Vaio VPC-X11S1E/B: Intel Atom Z540, 11.10", 0.8 kg
  Review » Review Sony Vaio VPC-X11S1E/B Notebook

Sony Vaio VPC-X13D7E/B: Intel Atom Z550, 11.10", 0.8 kg
  Review » Review Sony Vaio VPC-X13D7E/B Subnotebook

Acer Aspire One 751: Intel Atom Z520, 11.60", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Acer Aspire One 751

Advent Altro: Intel Celeron M 723, 13.30", 1.6 kg
  External Review » Advent Altro

Archos 9: Intel Atom Z510, 8.90", 0.8 kg
  External Review » Archos 9

Asus Eee PC 1101HA: Intel Atom Z520, 11.60", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Asus Eee PC 1101HA

Asus Eee PC 1201HA: Intel Atom Z520, 12.10", 1.4 kg
  External Review » Asus Eee PC 1201HA

Asus Eee PC T91 MT: Intel Atom Z520, 8.90", 1 kg
  External Review » Asus Eee PC T91

Benq Joybook Lite U121 Eco: Intel Atom Z520, 11.60", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Benq Joybook Lite U121 Eco

Dell Inspiron Mini 10: Intel Atom Z530, 10.10", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Dell Inspiron Mini 10

Dell Inspiron Mini 10s: Intel Atom Z520, 10.10", 1.7 kg
  External Review » Dell Inspiron Mini 10s

Dell Inspiron Mini 12: Intel Atom Z530, 12.10", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Dell Inspiron Mini 12

Fujitsu LifeBook UH900: Intel Atom Z530, 5.60", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu LifeBook UH900

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook U2010 : Intel Atom Z530, 5.60", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook U2010

MSI Wind U115: Intel Atom Z530, 10.20", 1.3 kg
  External Review » MSI Wind U115

MSI WindPad 100W: Intel Atom Z530, 10.10", 0.8 kg
  External Review » MSI WindPad 100W

Nokia Booklet 3G: Intel Atom Z530, 10.10", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Nokia Booklet 3G

Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1: Intel Atom Z520, 5.60", 1 kg
  External Review » Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1

Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/G: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/G

Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/Q: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/Q

Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/R: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P

Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/W: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P11Z/W

Sony Vaio VGN-P13GH/Q : Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P13GH/Q

Sony Vaio VGN-P19VN/Q: Intel Atom Z530, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P19VN/Q

Sony Vaio VGN-P19WN/Q: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P19WN/Q

Sony Vaio VGN-P21Z: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P21Z

Sony Vaio VGN-P31ZK: Intel Atom Z540, 8.00", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P31ZK

Sony Vaio VGN-P35GK/W: Intel Atom Z550, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P35GK/W

Sony Vaio VGN-P530H/R: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P530H/R

Sony Vaio VGN-P588E: Intel Atom Z520, 8.00", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VGN-P588E

Sony Vaio VPC-P11S1E/D: Intel Atom Z540, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPC-P11S1E/D

Sony Vaio VPC-P11S1R/B: Intel Atom Z540, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPC-P11S1R/B

Sony Vaio VPC-X113KGB: Intel Atom Z540, 11.10", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPC-X113KGB

Sony Vaio VPC-X115KX/N: Intel Atom Z550, 11.10", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPC-X115KX/N

Sony Vaio VPC-X11S1E/B: Intel Atom Z540, 11.10", 0.8 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPC-X11S1E/B

Sony Vaio VPC-X11Z1E/X: Intel Atom Z550, 11.10", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPC-X11Z1E/X

Sony Vaio VPC-X13D7E/B: Intel Atom Z550, 11.10", 0.8 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio X

Sony Vaio VPCP111KX/G: Intel Atom Z530, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPCP111KX/G

Sony Vaio VPCP113KX: Intel Atom Z530, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPCP113KX

Sony Vaio VPCP115KG: Intel Atom Z540, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPCP115KG

Sony Vaio VPCP11S1E : Intel Atom Z540, 8.00", 0.6 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPCP11S1E

Sony Vaio VPCP11S1R/G: Intel Atom Z540, 8.00", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Sony Vaio VPCP11S1R/G

Yukyung Viliv N5: Intel Atom Z520, 4.80", 0.4 kg
  External Review » Yukyung Viliv N5

Yukyung Viliv S10: Intel Atom Z530, 10.10", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Viliv S10

Yukyung Viliv S7: Intel Atom Z520, 7.00", 1 kg
  External Review » Yukyung Viliv S7

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Class 1

GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU *
Quadro RTX 6000 (Laptop)
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU *
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop)
Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop)
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU *
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile *
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q *
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile *
Radeon RX 6700M
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Quadro RTX 4000 (Laptop) *
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q *
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q *

Class 2

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q *
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile *
Quadro P5200
Quadro RTX 3000 (Laptop) *
GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q *
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q *
Quadro P4200
Radeon RX 6600M
Radeon RX 5600M
Quadro P5000
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Radeon Pro 5600M *
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q *
Quadro P5000 Max-Q *
GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
Quadro M5500
Quadro P4000
Quadro T2000 (Laptop) *
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
Radeon RX 5500M
Radeon Pro 5500M *
Quadro P4000 Max-Q
Quadro P3200
Radeon RX 580X (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
Radeon Pro 5300M
Radeon RX 5300M
Quadro P3000
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile *
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
Quadro P3000 Max-Q *
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q *
Quadro T2000 Max-Q *
Radeon Pro WX 7100 *
Radeon RX 570X (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 570 (Laptop) *
Radeon RX 470 (Laptop) *
GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q *
Quadro T1000 (Laptop) *
Quadro T1000 Max-Q *
T500 Mobile *
GeForce MX450 *
GeForce GTX 980M
Vega M GH
Quadro M5000M
Radeon Pro Vega 20
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Quadro P2000
Quadro P2000 Max-Q
Quadro M4000M
GeForce GTX 970M
Radeon R9 M395X
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q *
Radeon Pro Vega 16
Vega M GL / 870
WX Vega M GL
Radeon R9 M485X
Quadro M3000M
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
FirePro W7170M
Radeon R9 M395
GeForce GTX 880M
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q *
Quadro K5100M

Class 3

Radeon Pro WX 4150 *
GeForce GTX 965M
Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
Quadro M2200
GeForce GTX 870M
Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Quadro P1000
Radeon R9 M390
Xe MAX
Iris Xe G7 96EUs *
GeForce MX350 *
FirePro M6100
Radeon Pro 560X
Radeon Pro 560
Radeon Pro 460
Radeon Pro WX 4130 *
GeForce GTX 960M
Quadro M1200
Quadro P620 *
Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Radeon RX 640
Radeon Pro WX 3200 *
Radeon Pro 555X
Radeon Pro 555
Radeon Pro 455
Quadro P600
GeForce MX250
GeForce MX150
GeForce MX330 *
Quadro M2000M
Quadro K5000M
Quadro K4100M
Iris Xe G7 80EUs *
Radeon RX 540X *
Radeon Pro WX 2100 *
Radeon RX 540 *
Radeon Pro WX 3100 *
GeForce GTX 860M
GeForce GTX 950M
Radeon Pro 450
Radeon 630
Radeon 540X *
Radeon R9 M470X *
Radeon R9 M385X
Quadro P520
GeForce GTX 850M
Quadro M1000M
Quadro M620 *
GeForce 945M
Quadro K4000M
Quadro P500 *
Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) *
Vega 10 *
Iris Pro Graphics P580
Iris Pro Graphics 580
Radeon R9 M470 *
Quadro K3100M
FirePro W5170M *
Radeon R9 M370X
Vega 9
Maxwell GPU (940M, GDDR5)
FirePro W5130M
Quadro K3000M
UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs *
FirePro M6000
FirePro M5100
GeForce MX230
Vega 8 R4000 *
Quadro K2100M
GeForce GT 755M
GeForce 845M
Radeon R9 M265X
Radeon R7 M465
FirePro W4170M
GeForce GT 750M
Iris Pro Graphics 6200
GeForce MX130
GeForce 940MX
Quadro M520
Quadro K1100M
Vega 8
Vega 7 *
GeForce 940M
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) *
GeForce 930MX
M1 8-Core GPU *
M1 7-Core GPU *
Quadro M600M
FirePro W4190M
Radeon R9 M375
Iris Plus Graphics 655
Radeon R7 M445
Quadro M500M
GeForce 840M
GeForce GT 745M
Iris Pro Graphics 5200
GeForce GT 740M
Iris Plus Graphics 650
GeForce 930M
Iris Graphics 550
Radeon 530
Radeon 625
Vega 6 *
Iris Plus Graphics 645
GeForce 830M
GeForce MX110 *
Iris Plus Graphics 640
GeForce 920MX
Iris Graphics 540
Quadro K2000M
GeForce GT 735M
GeForce 825M
FirePro M4000
GeForce GT 730M
FirePro M4100
Radeon R7 M265
Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) *
GeForce GT 640M
Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
Radeon R7 M460 *
Radeon R7 M360
GeForce 920M
Radeon R8 M445DX
Radeon 620
Radeon R7 M440
Radeon R7 M340
Radeon 520
Radeon 610
Vega 6 *
Vega 5 *
UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) *
UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
HD Graphics 530
HD Graphics P530
Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
UHD Graphics 620
HD Graphics 620
Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
Adreno 685 *
Adreno 680 *
Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
HD Graphics 5600
Radeon R6 M255DX
Quadro K1000M
Radeon R5 M330
Radeon R5 M430
Radeon R5 M255
Vega 3 *
GeForce 910M
GeForce 820M
HD Graphics 520
Iris Graphics 6100
UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU) *
GeForce GT 720M

Class 4

Radeon R5 M320 *
Radeon R5 M315 *
Radeon R5 M420 *
Vega 2 *
Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
HD Graphics 6000
Quadro K610M
Iris Graphics 5100
HD Graphics 4600
HD Graphics 5500
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) *
UHD Graphics 617
UHD Graphics 615
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU) *
HD Graphics 615
Radeon R5 (Carrizo) *
Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
GeForce 710M
HD Graphics 5000
HD Graphics 515
UHD Graphics 610
HD Graphics 610
HD Graphics 4400
HD Graphics 510
UHD Graphics 605
UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) *
HD Graphics 505
HD Graphics 5300
HD Graphics 4000
Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
Radeon R4 (Beema)
Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
HD Graphics (Broadwell)
HD Graphics 4200
UHD Graphics 600
HD Graphics 500
HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
HD Graphics (Braswell)
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)

Class 5

HD Graphics (Haswell)
Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
Radeon R6 (Mullins)
HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Class 6

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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