Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs FirePro W9100

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	331	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.19	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code name	Hawaii	GMA 950
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	26 March 2014 (12 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2816	4
Core clock speed	930 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	250 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	750 Watt	7 Watt
Texture fill rate	163.7	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.238 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	176	no data
L1 Cache	704 KB	no data
L2 Cache	1024 KB	no 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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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.

Memory type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	no data
Memory bus width	512 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	no data
StereoOutput3D	+	-
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	no data
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	26 March 2014	1 March 2005
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	750 Watt	7 Watt