Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 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 4600

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
5x more pipelines: 20 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 130 nm
210x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 630 vs 3
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 314 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	20 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	630 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	314 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

314

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
PassMark - G3D Mark	630	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	314	70
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	Haswell GT2	GMA 500
Launch date	3 June 2013	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1359	1538
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	20	4
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	392 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	yes
Technologies
Quick Sync