Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M vs Intel GMA 3150

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M and Intel GMA 3150 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M

Intel GMA 3150

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later

Launch date	1 October 2008 vs 9 May 2007

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3150

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 65 nm

Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M	Intel GMA 3150
Essentials
Code name	GL40	Pineview
Launch date	1 October 2008	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Generation 4.0
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	45 nm
Pipelines	10
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		13 Watt
API support
DirectX	10	9.0c
OpenGL		2.0
Memory
Memory type	mit Hauptspeicher geteilt (shared) bis 384 MB
Shared memory	yes
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCI