GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a vs GMA 950
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 3.5 (2005) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Lakeport | C78 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 May 2005 (21 years ago) | 6 May 2008 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 166 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.66 | 4.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCI |
| Width | no data | IGP |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | System Shared |
| Shared memory | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2005 | 6 May 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 40 Watt |
GMA 950 has 471% lower power consumption.
8100 + nForce 720a, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 13% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GMA 950 and GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GMA 950 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a is a desktop one.
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