ATI Radeon HD 4710 vs Intel GMA X4500MHD

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4710 and Intel GMA X4500MHD 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 4710

Intel GMA X4500MHD

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4710

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 X4500MHD

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 59 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 59 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4710	Intel GMA X4500MHD
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Generation 5.0
Code name	RV730	Cantiga
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	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	193 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3