Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M vs Intel GMA X3000

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M and Intel GMA X3000 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 X3000

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 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 June 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X3000

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M	Intel GMA X3000
Essentials
Code name	GL40	Broadwater
Launch date	1 October 2008	1 June 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Generation 4.0
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 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		PCIe 1.0 x16