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
	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

Manufacturer

Intel

GMA Series

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD	10 @ 640 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD	10 @ 533 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M	10 @ 400 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100	8 @ 500 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950	4/0 cores @ 250 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900	4/0 cores @ 400 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600	4 @ 400 MHz
Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500	4 @ 200 MHz

Codename

GMA 500

Architecture

PowerVR SGX5

Pipelines

4 - unified

Core Speed *

200 MHz

Shared Memory

yes
max 128MB shared

DirectX

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

http://download.intel.com/design/chipset...

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 06 +

3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

100%

min: 120 avg: 133.4 (0%) median: 129 (0%) max: 150 Points

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Intel Extreme Graphics 2

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Intel Extreme Graphics 2

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 75%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 94%

VIA Chrome9 HC 107%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 121%

SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX 136%

SIS Mirage 3 671MX 149%

ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 175%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 205%

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700 275%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 34918%

100%

3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

100%

min: 142 avg: 664.7 (0%) median: 395 (0%) max: 4113 Points

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3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

100%

min: 679 avg: 996.8 (1%) median: 1016 (1%) max: 1335 Points

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PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768

100%

min: 553 avg: 778 (3%) median: 778 (3%) max: 1003 Points

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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

100%

min: 2.3 avg: 2.4 (30%) median: 2.4 (30%) max: 2.4 points

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

100%

min: 2.9 avg: 4.2 (53%) median: 4.5 (57%) max: 4.5 points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU

100%

min: 4.5 avg: 5.2 (76%) median: 5.2 (76%) max: 5.9 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games

100%

min: 2.4 avg: 2.7 (40%) median: 2.7 (40%) max: 3 Points

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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value

Sony VAIO VPC-P11S1R/B	Z540	2048 MB			72
	Z530	1024 MB			79
Standard 1280x1024
Eee PC 1101HA	Z520	1024 MB		6.14.11.1009	68
Standard 1024x768
Wind U115	Z530	1024 MB			88
Eee PC 1101HA	Z520	1024 MB			88

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

F.E.A.R.

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