NVIDIA GeForce 610M vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 610M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 610M

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 610M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 200 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
97.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 292 vs 3
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 113 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 December 2011 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	672 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	292 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	113 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 610M
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

292

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 610M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
PassMark - G3D Mark	292	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	113	70
Geekbench - OpenCL	1396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	104.498
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	9.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2848
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1602
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2848

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 610M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	GF108	GMA 500
Launch date	1 December 2011	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1535	1538
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	672 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt
Transistor count	585 million
Video decoders	H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bus width	64bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CUDA
Optimus