GMA 950 vs HD Graphics 5300

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1107not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Generation 3.5 (2005)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT2Lakeport
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)1 May 2005 (19 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed300 MHz166 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate19.200.66
Floating-point processing power0.3072 TFLOPSno data
ROPs31
TMUs244

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 1.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)9.0c
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2014 1 May 2005
Chip lithography 14 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt

HD Graphics 5300 has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 950, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5300 and GMA 950. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5300 is a notebook card while GMA 950 is a desktop one.


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