Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs Intel GMA X4500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and Intel GMA X4500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Intel GMA X4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 533 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 1 September 2008
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X4500

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 45 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: Intel GMA X4500

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel GMA X4500
PassMark - G3D Mark	347
PassMark - G2D Mark	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	538
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel GMA X4500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Generation 5.0
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	Eaglelake
Launch date	14 May 2012	1 September 2008
Place in performance rating	1501	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	533 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.0	2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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