Intel HD Graphics 5500 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 5500 and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD 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), 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 5500

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more pipelines: 24 vs 10
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	5 September 2014 vs 1 October 2008
Pipelines	24 vs 10
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm

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

5.3x more core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 100 MHz

Core clock speed	533 MHz vs 100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 5500
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD

Name	Intel HD Graphics 5500	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
PassMark - G3D Mark	594
PassMark - G2D Mark	230
Geekbench - OpenCL	2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1397
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	233

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 5500	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 8.0
Code name	Broadwell GT2	Montevina
Launch date	5 September 2014	1 October 2008
Place in performance rating	1478	not rated
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	100 MHz	533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	24	10
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10
OpenGL	4.6
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	yes
Memory type		mit Hauptspeicher geteilt (shared) bis 384 MB
Technologies
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