Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 vs GeForce Go 7900 GS

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G7x (2005−2007)	Gen. 3 (2005)
GPU code name	G71M	GMA 950
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2006 (18 years ago)	1 March 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	27	4
Core clock speed	7 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	375 MHz	250 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	7 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.500	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce Go 7900 GS and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-II	no data

Memory type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

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API Compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	no data
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	N/A	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	18 April 2006	1 March 2005
Chip lithography	90 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	7 Watt

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