Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M vs ATI Radeon X1550

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M and ATI Radeon X1550 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M

ATI Radeon X1550

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	1 October 2008 vs 1 January 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1550

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1550

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M	ATI Radeon X1550
PassMark - G3D Mark		67
PassMark - G2D Mark		253

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M	ATI Radeon X1550
Essentials
Code name	GL40	RV515
Launch date	1 October 2008	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	711
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		R500
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	10
Texture fill rate		2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		27 Watt
Transistor count		107 million
API support
DirectX	10	9.0c
OpenGL		2.0
Memory
Memory type	mit Hauptspeicher geteilt (shared) bis 384 MB	DDR2
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None