Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs ATI Radeon HD 3650

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1359not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.43no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code nameRV635GMA 950
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 January 2008 (18 years ago)1 March 2005 (21 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 cores1204
Core clock speed725 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data250 MHz
Number of transistors378 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate5.800no data
Floating-point processing power0.174 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data
L2 Cache128 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)no data
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 January 2008 1 March 2005
Chip lithography 55 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 7 Watt

ATI HD 3650 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 136% more advanced lithography process.

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, on the other hand, has 829% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3650 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 3650 is a desktop graphics card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 is a notebook one.

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