Intel HD Graphics 610 vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 610 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, 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 610

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 610

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
3x more pipelines: 12 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
229x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 687 vs 3
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 155 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	687 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	155 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

687

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

Name	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
PassMark - G3D Mark	687	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	155	70
Geekbench - OpenCL	2432
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	464
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	845
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	464
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	845
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	Kaby Lake GT1	GMA 500
Launch date	30 August 2016	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1523	1520
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	200 MHz
Floating-point performance	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	12	4
Texture fill rate	26.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt
Transistor count	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory	1	yes
Technologies
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