Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 November 2008 vs 29 July 2008
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 41

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

2.5x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 200 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 130 nm
94x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 282 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	282 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

282

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	282
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	41
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2389
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2389

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS OEM
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX5	Tesla
Code name	GMA 500	G94
Launch date	1 November 2008	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1520	1522
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	4	48
Floating-point performance		120 gflops
Texture fill rate		12 GTexel / s
Transistor count		505 million
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		768 MB
Memory bandwidth		48.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin