Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs Arc 8-Core iGPU
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 362 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Xe LPG (2023) | Gen. 3 (2005) |
| GPU code name | Meteor Lake iGPU | GMA 950 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) | 1 March 2005 (20 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 2300 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 7 Watt |
| L1 Cache | 1.5 MB | no 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.
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_2 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 December 2023 | 1 March 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 130 nm |
Arc 8-Core iGPU has an age advantage of 18 years, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Arc 8-Core iGPU and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950. We've got no test results to judge.
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