NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 200 MHz
24x more pipelines: 96 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
184.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 554 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	554 vs 3

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 70 vs 50

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	70 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

554

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
PassMark - G3D Mark	554	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	70
Geekbench - OpenCL	8215

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	GT215	GMA 500
Launch date	15 June 2009	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1537	1538
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	200 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	240 gflops
Gigaflops	360
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	96	4
Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt
Transistor count	727 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIVGALVDSSingle Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI