GeForce3 vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 3 (2005)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameGMA 950NV20 A5
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2005 (19 years ago)27 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores4no data
Core clock speedno data200 MHz
Boost clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data57 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)7 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data1.600
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 4x
Lengthno data165 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataSDR
Maximum RAM amountno data64 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data230 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data3.68 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectorsno data1x VGA, 1x DB13W3

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data8.0
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2005 27 February 2001
Chip lithography 130 nm 150 nm

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 15.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 and GeForce3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 is a notebook card while GeForce3 is a desktop one.


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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
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