Intel GMA X4500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA X4500 and NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel GMA X4500

NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X4500

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	1 September 2008 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed	533 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA X4500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Name	Intel GMA X4500	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark		98
PassMark - G3D Mark		23

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA X4500	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 5.0	Curie
Code name	Eaglelake	G72
Launch date	1 September 2008	18 January 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1416
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	533 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Texture fill rate		1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count		112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.34 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		668 MHz
Memory type		DDR2