ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2 vs Intel GMA X4500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2 and Intel GMA X4500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2

Intel GMA X4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 533 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X4500

9.1x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 118 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 118 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2	Intel GMA X4500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Generation 5.0
Code name	RV730	Eaglelake
Launch date	10 September 2008	1 September 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	533 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 320
Texture fill rate	2x 24 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	118 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3