Intel HD Graphics 500 vs Intel GMA 500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and Intel 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).

Intel HD Graphics 500

Intel GMA 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 2 March 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: Intel GMA 500

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	Intel GMA 500
PassMark - G3D Mark	300
PassMark - G2D Mark	80
Geekbench - OpenCL	911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	35.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 500	Intel GMA 500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	PowerVR SGX535
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	Poulsbo
Launch date	1 September 2015	2 March 2008
Place in performance rating	1658	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt
Transistor count	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	ES 2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory	1
Technologies
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